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UK Court Orders Bitcoin.org to Remove White Paper Following Lawsuit

16 points by GBiT 5y ago

readflaggedcomm 5y ago
It's not clear from this article or the linked Ontier statement whether Wright requested damages or whether the court came up with that as a matter of law or custom. I assume damages were requested, which may lead to deanonymization of "Cobra," which might be the ulterior motive for doing this.
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kinghajj 5y ago
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf Glad to know that it's still there.
- smegcicle 5y ago
  > Bitcoin.org needs your support! idk who cobra is, but why would they need financial help, did they buy in at $60k or something?
  - gruez 5y ago
    Has it occurred to you that you can be involved in the bitcoin project but not have a significant financial stake?
wcerfgba 5y ago
Any more info on the specific material that they are claiming is being copyright infringed? Is it the whitepaper itself? Seems kind of pointless to have an injunction against one site, this paper will be all over the 'Net at this point.
- readflaggedcomm 5y ago
  It's the famous Bitcoin white paper by Satoshi. The linked Ontier press release* quotes Wright's legal team: >“Dr Wright does not wish to restrict access to his White Paper. However, he does not agree that it should be used by supporters and developers of alternative assets, such as Bitcoin Core, to promote or otherwise misrepresent those assets as being Bitcoin given that they do not support or align with the vision for Bitcoin as he set out in his White Paper.” They're saying the project bitcoin.org promotes is using the whitepaper dishonestly to promote itself. Which resembles to me a trademark dispute, instead. And usually the trademark or copyright owner has solid proof of ownership. * https://www.ontier.digital/post/uk-court-awards-bitcoin-creator-default-judgment-in-bitcoin-copyright-infringement-claim https://www.ontier.digital/post/uk-court-awards-bitcoin-crea...
  - ksaj 5y ago
    Did Craig Wright finally provide this proof? A few years ago there were certainly a number of people who did not believe him. I worked for a guy at a failed quantum lisp startup who kept trying to convince people around him that he was the real Satoshi. He was one of many. So I can understand why, with so many original Satoshis out there, people might continue to have a hard time believing without proof.
    - real_satoshi 5y ago
      The struggle is real
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gccs 5y ago
Why should bitcoin.org care what a UK court wants?
- nly 5y ago
  This was my first thought too.

16 points by GBiT 5y ago

It's not clear from this article or the linked Ontier statement whether Wright requested damages or whether the court came up with that as a matter of law or custom. I assume damages were requested, which may lead to deanonymization of "Cobra," which might be the ulterior motive for doing this.

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kinghajj 5y ago

https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf Glad to know that it's still there.

smegcicle 5y ago
> Bitcoin.org needs your support! idk who cobra is, but why would they need financial help, did they buy in at $60k or something?
- gruez 5y ago
  Has it occurred to you that you can be involved in the bitcoin project but not have a significant financial stake?

wcerfgba 5y ago

Any more info on the specific material that they are claiming is being copyright infringed? Is it the whitepaper itself? Seems kind of pointless to have an injunction against one site, this paper will be all over the 'Net at this point.

readflaggedcomm 5y ago
It's the famous Bitcoin white paper by Satoshi. The linked Ontier press release* quotes Wright's legal team: >“Dr Wright does not wish to restrict access to his White Paper. However, he does not agree that it should be used by supporters and developers of alternative assets, such as Bitcoin Core, to promote or otherwise misrepresent those assets as being Bitcoin given that they do not support or align with the vision for Bitcoin as he set out in his White Paper.” They're saying the project bitcoin.org promotes is using the whitepaper dishonestly to promote itself. Which resembles to me a trademark dispute, instead. And usually the trademark or copyright owner has solid proof of ownership. * https://www.ontier.digital/post/uk-court-awards-bitcoin-creator-default-judgment-in-bitcoin-copyright-infringement-claim https://www.ontier.digital/post/uk-court-awards-bitcoin-crea...
- ksaj 5y ago
  Did Craig Wright finally provide this proof? A few years ago there were certainly a number of people who did not believe him. I worked for a guy at a failed quantum lisp startup who kept trying to convince people around him that he was the real Satoshi. He was one of many. So I can understand why, with so many original Satoshis out there, people might continue to have a hard time believing without proof.
  - real_satoshi 5y ago
    The struggle is real

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gccs 5y ago

Why should bitcoin.org care what a UK court wants?

nly 5y ago
This was my first thought too.