Altcoin News: Craig Wright Got Copyrights on White Paper and the Bitcoin Code in the US

May 21, 2019, by Marko Vidrih on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, known for his attempts to ascribe to himself the authorship of Bitcoin, has achieved recognition at the official level. This is evidenced by two entries on the website of the US Copyright Office.

According to the submitted documents, Craig Wright is recognized as the author of white paper Bitcoin and an early version of the cryptocurrency code. The publications state that Wright under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto created two electronic files containing “text” and “computer program” in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

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As follows from the text of the publications, Wright filed two applications on April 11 and 13, and on May 20, he was recognized by the Office as the full author of these works.

Jerry Brito, executive director crypto-legal organization Coin Center notes that copyright registration is done by simply submitting an application. The Copyright Office does not verify the validity of the claims.

“Registering a copyright is just filing a form. The Copyright Office does not investigate the validity of the claim; they just register it. Unfortunately there is no official way to challenge a registration. If there are competing claims, the Office will just register all of them, ”writes Brito, adding that now someone else must copyright the same intellectual property to get the review and possible denial of Wright’s claims in court. “I volunteer,” he writes at the end.

Author: Marko Vidrih