Re: SCAM: Bitcoin SV (BSV) - fake team member and plagiarized white paper
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (1)
The most important and relevant bit ...
... "Background
The CPL is written from a mindset which derides the very concept of Intellectual Property restrictions as being incompatible with a free society.
Cryptographically assured anonymity and anonymous use of Internet resources mean that denizens of cypherspace can ignore copyright, licenses attempting to control use and distribution of works, and patents on ideas. It is not possible to enforce IP laws by calls to government legal systems when the flaunter is strongly anonymous. " ...
- http://www.cypherspace.org/CPL/
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- https://www.dictionary.com/browse/flaunter
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The original Bitcoin whitepaper has no copyright or any form of licensing whatsoever.
- https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
It isn't even copyleft. It is literally copy left.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
"@COPYLEFT ALL WRONGS RESERVED"
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Only Signed and Verified will do i.e. Cryptographically assured (as above).
Copyright is automatic. It does not have to be displayed or enforced.
However - there was a conscious choice by Satoshi Nakamoto to publish it on the cypherpunks mailing list.
This makes it subject to the CPL of the mailing list - which makes it public domain.
Satoshi received consideration in return (the ability to distribute the publication) so (in my opinion) it is a legally binding contract.
Indeed this is one for the lawyers to argue over. Are we assuming Satoshi was an American based in America here, for example ...
3 Commonly Misunderstood U.S. Copyright Concepts
- https://www.copyrightlaws.com/u-s-copyright-law-misinformation/
International copyright treaties
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_copyright_treaties
Universal Copyright Convention
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Copyright_Convention
Public domain
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Again, I believe that it is a valid legal argument that only the proven originator can enforce.
This also goes a long way in explaining CSW's claims and actions as a 'bad actor' and impostor here.