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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.
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There is an issue that needs clarification for the thought experiment:
Within the first step, when you build the MP3 data file (which is a music file),
with the open source MP3 creator, did you use open source sounds/tones/loops/etc
or did you play your own instruments, uploaded them into your computer, edited
them, and then added them into the open source MP3 creator program?
The issue I'm getting at is that for you to copyright something, there needs to be a piece
that only you could have done. You can not copyright work that was created all throughout
open source material. You would need to have personally made the tones or played the
instruments to "own" the song in the MP3.
The question is, which I don't know, what are the "decisions that are made, and those decisions
lead to a unique and original creation" in Bitcoin transactions or block making?
There needs to be some sort of outside element that is the basis for the copyright and that
element needs to be something more significant than something like a "salt" added, IMO.