Craig Wright Proclaims To Be The BTC Code Owner

By Evan Ducktator on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

Craig Wright, as usual, tries to draw public attention at all costs. This Tuesday he proclaimed himself as “original bitcoin code” owner. As Wright says, the U.S. Copyright Office granted him a registration for Bitcoin copyright after Bitcoin Association assignment.

This could be the first official statement that Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto. However, the thing is that anybody can register copyright and it doesn’t make you an owner of anything. In other words, copyright registration is just the fact that the Copyright Office is acknowledged that someone applies for ownership. What is more, copyright registration is a simple procedure of filling out a standard application form.

Either way, Wright’s spokesperson stated that Wright was “granted” this registration. If I’m not mistaken, all the countries in the Berne Convention and the U.S. is one of these countries, can’t “grant” any copyright on anything. In fact, something without an official owner can be copyrighted in five years after publication. As we remember, Bitcoin white paper was published about ten years ago. So Craig Wright is five years late.

It’s better late than never. In spite of the fact the registration hasn’t made Wright the Bitcoin owner, it allows him to pursue copyright infringement lawsuits. Well, that is what his spokesperson says. Also, he claims that Wright could file a lawsuit against anyone who will use this code.

For better or worse, Bitcoin software has an MIT license, which means that anyone can use this code. In fact, it makes BTC ownership useless because you can’t sue anyone for using this code.

By and large, Craig Wright can say anything he wants, but his words can’t bet your bottom dollar. One day we will know who Satoshi Nakamoto is but before, we should be careful with all info about his mysterious personality.

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Fun fact: Bitcoin S.V. price increased by 88% after Wright proclaimed himself as a BTC code owner.