[HN Gopher] UK Court Orders Bitcoin.org to Remove White Paper Fo...
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UK Court Orders Bitcoin.org to Remove White Paper Following Lawsuit
Author : GBiT
Score : 13 points
Date : 2021-06-29 19:50 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (finance.yahoo.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (finance.yahoo.com)
| readflaggedcomm wrote:
| 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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| wcerfgba wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| 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-
| crea...
| ksaj wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| The struggle is real
| gccs wrote:
| Why should bitcoin.org care what a UK court wants?
| kinghajj wrote:
| https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
|
| Glad to know that it's still there.
| smegcicle wrote:
| > 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 wrote:
| Has it occurred to you that you can be involved in the
| bitcoin project but not have a significant financial stake?
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