Although it would be nice, nobody is under any obligation to go out of their way to return your lost property.
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-39...
I was merely stating that nobody should be obliged to try to track down an owner of a lost item, but they equally shouldn't be claiming it as theirs either. You wouldn't just get on somebody's bicycle and ride off with it, so don't put on someone's watch and walk off with it either.
What's interesting is that if you buy a stolen item, even if you don't know it was stolen, you still don't own said item. Happens with cars. Would be interesting if a person who bought a Rolex from a place like this took it to a watchmaker who took it upon themselves to confirm the rightful owner.
Yes!
Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings:
>The test of whether or not you own something is if you can sell it.
By this measure eBooks, shows, movies, games, apps, etc., even though you've purchased them, are NOT owned by you: you've rented them and your access may revoked without notice unilaterally at any time.
I’d be surprised if UK Airports didn’t do something similar with unclaimed/lost baggage.
Nobody, no, but certainly companies which you entered an agreement with, and paid for the transportation of yourself and your property.
It's inexcusable that with the current existing technology companies "lose" your luggage due to anything other than bad-faith.
The law is there to support society...but in and of itself cannot create it. Only people can.
So perhaps it's an obligation to the kind of world you'd like to live in...?