The Latest Installment In The Seemingly Never Ending Craig “Faketoshi” Wright Saga

So…the saga continues….

UK COURT RULES CRAIG WRIGHT HAS NO COPYRIGHT CLAIM ON BITCOIN

“A United Kingdom court has ruled against Craig Wright, indicating that he has no copyright claim over Bitcoin’s code.

According to the Tuesday ruling, Wright’s claim that the formatting of Bitcoin blocks is his intellectual property failed in the court of law, due to the inability to demonstrate what is known as “fixation.” Fixation describes the ability to show the first recording of a piece of work, which Wright could not do.

This is the latest in a series of court rulings against Wright’s favor, with the Norwegian courts ruling against him in the case against Hodlonaut, and the United Kingdom ruling against him in his case with Peter McCormack.

For Bitcoin developers and open-source code developers, the attacks by Craig Wright have been a moment of hesitancy, and even fear. The litigation that ties up developers as a result of these lawsuits is incredibly expensive, and creates major problems in the lives of developers…”

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/court-rules-craig-wright-has-no-bitcoin-copyright

 

Master Asked on February 9, 2023 in Bitcoin.
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