Morality and Lyle Wheeler’s Missing Oscars

I do not understand why the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences believes that it owns any awarded Oscar; do bowling leagues own the trophies they present to noteworthy keglers?

If, as academy President Richard Kahn said, the awards “are given” for individual achievement, the recipients should be able to keep, give away, lend, sell, bequeath or discard said awards.

MARTHA ABELL

Seal Beach