# kaal:claim:5886342-018

**Claim.** First ownership of a digital object arises from a factual event rather than from registration or grant: it is established once the first legal identity acquires digital control of that object.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> The first digital ownership on a Digital Object is es- tablished once the first Legal Identity acquires Digi-

**From.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, *Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC)* (2025), Part B, Book II, Section 3, Chapter 2, Article 32 Original Establishment of Digital Ownership, page 10

**Cite as.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** digital-ownership, original-acquisition, control, digital-property

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