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Craig Wright copyright demands target Bitcoin white-paper hosting

Lawyers acting for Craig Wright sent copyright notices to several websites hosting the Bitcoin white paper, asserting that Wright owned the copyright. Bitcoin.org and others rejected the demand; the dispute became part of the longer legal fight over Wright's claims about Bitcoin's authorship.

Lawyers acting for Craig Wright sent copyright notices to several websites hosting the Bitcoin white paper, asserting that Wright owned the copyright. Bitcoin.org and others rejected the demand; the dispute became part of the longer legal fight over Wright's claims about Bitcoin's authorship.

Real dispute; cultural/legal texture but limited system consequence.

Sources

  1. The Block