Altcoin News: US Copyright Office Did Not “Recognize” Craig Wright as the Creator of Bitcoin

May 23, 2019, by Marko Vidrih on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

The US Copyright Office does not recognize Craig Wright or anyone else as a creator of Bitcoin. The relevant press release agency published after Wright issued the copyright to the Bitcoin code and its white paper.

“As a general rule, when the Copyright Office receives an application for registration, the claimant certifies as to the truth of the statements made in the submitted materials. The Copyright Office does not investigate the truth of any statement made,” the Copyright Office wrote in a press release. “In a case in which a work is registered under a pseudonym, the Copyright Office does not investigate whether there is a provable connection between the claimant and the pseudonymous author.”

As noted by various sources, the procedure for registering a copyright is limited to completing the form on the web and paying a fee of $55.

Yesterday’s statement by the Copyright Office was a response to the actions of Wright, who prepared a press release, according to which the US authorities officially recognized him as the creator of Bitcoin — Satoshi Nakamoto.

The position of the department is such that, in principle, it does not have a function of recognizing someone as the author of something. The Bureau’s primary task is to protect creators of art objects who themselves take responsibility for the claims filed.

Author: Marko Vidrih