Quote from: Nevis on July 12, 2016, 01:05:31 AM

The question is in the wrong path. I mean how can bitcoin have a copywright when it is independent of the government. It is a cryptocurrency that is uncontrolled by any policy made by the government like the banking institutions. A music record is under the rule of law it pays taxes and must be registered with the specific agency to get a patent. While bitcoins does not need any legitimacy, you can own bitcoin without getting a license from the government. You are not entitled to pay tax when you own a bitcoin. But maybe in the future your question will be relevant since government in the future will have a hold on bitcoin.

Your response has no basis in reality. You are simply inventing your own beliefs about how you want things to work and then stating those imaginary beliefs as if they were facts.

Copyright is a legal right that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. If I write a an original book, since I am the creator I have a copyright claim on that book, even though I and my book are independent of the government. In my jurisdiction if anyone else attempts to use or distribute my book, I can use the law and courts to stop them and to receive compensation from them. I do not need a license from the government to create a book, and I only need to prove that the book was my original work and that the defendant didn't create the book themselves to defend my copyright.

In most jurisdictions in the world (and definitely in the U.S.) you ARE legally required to pay tax on any income that you gain from buying, selling, receiving, or spending bitcoins.

Quote from: pawel7777 on July 11, 2016, 09:54:57 PM

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Quote from: ABitNut on July 12, 2016, 12:11:52 AM

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Quote from: AgentofCoin on July 12, 2016, 12:58:38 AM

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I do not believe anything that resulted from the Bitcoin system, could be copyrightable ever.
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When it comes to matters of law "doubts", "assumptions", "expectations", and "beliefs" are generally a really bad way to determine the legality of an action. When a new technology comes along that doesn't have many laws specifically written with that technology in mind, the courts are forced to try and use existing laws that don't take into consideration the details of the new technology to make decisions about the "legality" of some use of that technology. Some jurisdictions will adhere very strongly to the "letter of the law" (specifically exactly what it says), while others may be more willing to take into consideration the "spirit of the law" (what the writers of the law were probably trying to accomplish).

There are MANY cases where something that seems "unreasonable" was decided because the law was written in such a way that the court felt that they could (or had to) make the decision.

A lawyer that is very familiar with both the technical aspects of bitcoin as well as the history of related decisions courst have made might be able to give a solid opinion about what courts are likely to say, but for the average person that isn't familiar with a significant history of cases and the specifics of the outcomes to state an opinion isn't much more than wishful thinking.

I'd personally be VERY surprised if a court tried to enforce a copyright claim by someone on a transaction or block that they created, but I've been surprised by court decisions in the past.

Quote from: AgentofCoin on July 12, 2016, 12:58:38 AM

In a way, that is like saying a certain number of digits random number, from a open source random number generator,
could be copyrighted since that number would be a type of unique data that resulted from the software.

Not exactly. There is more to a transaction or a block than a simple random number. There are decisions that are made, and those decisions lead to a unique and original creation by the creator.

Here's a thought experiment for you:

I use an open source and public domain MP3 creator to build a data file.
That file can be played by an open source and public domain MP3 player.
The result of playing that MP3 data file with that open source and public domain MP3 player is a pleasant unique sequence of notes, and chords that I created.

Forgetting for a moment any personal opinion you may have on whether or how copyright should be enforced enforced, and instead thinking only about how courts currently actually DO enforce copyright...

Do I have a copyright claim on that MP3 file?

If I share that MP3 file with a few close friends and/or family members (peers), do I automatically lose my copyright claim?