Do people "own" their websites?

[gotlucky]

@Daniel Muffinburg

When people say that they own their website, they usually mean that the own the domain name. Obviously, what you are talking about is unauthorized usage of the server, which kinda by definition is violation of the NAP. That is, modifying files or database entries on a server without permission is, by definition, a violation of the NAP.

If you want to get into the issue about nothing physical being touched, modified, etc., then when the changes made on the server, heat emanating from the computer was generated by the person making the changes. So, yeah, there you go.

Exactly, the problem is that someone is unilateral reassignment of property rights. Clayton has a good post on this on a separate subject here, but the theory applies to websites and computers too.

EDIT: Fixed link to proper post.