Quote from: franky1 on February 25, 2014, 11:43:39 AM

Quote from: msbtc on February 25, 2014, 11:31:24 AM

the short answer? no.

no one is successfully going to class action Gox. Bitcoins aren't real. What are they going to cry to the government about, a missing computer hash?

not to mention, the governments have been warning people not to buy it for a long time. Bitcoins don't exist, they're not recognized as currency, so nothing was stolen when you bought "air" with your real money.

Cool

so that binary data that forms music, which then gets stolen by people pretending they made it. has never led to court cases?

or that binary data that forms movies, games, software......

oh and lets add some more insight... pirate@40 got arrested in relation to bitcoins.. Shrem also got arrested. so i dont think bitcoins are imaginary.
and if bitcoins were imaginary. then why are you here writing messages about something that does not exist. why waste your life on a topic you do not believe in?

well let me ask you, does 15 total posts from a newbie look like a 'lifewaster' to you (Mr 546 posts hero member), or is it possible you are projecting your own guilty feelings of wasting your life on fairy currency onto someone else?

Nevertheless, I do own a small amount of bitcoin, -as an insurance against it's rise, and because I like it frankly. I'm not out much if it goes down, but I'm not out of the loop if it were to skyrocket. That's the extent of my interest...

btw, big gov backs the big music industry, just like the big banks- that's the key difference. Wall Street Occupiers could not complain if they broke the law and were arrested for doing something the gov told them not to. If we buy something the gov tells us not too, especially something that challenges or even usurps it's establishment and government big banking- than you are seen as it's enemy, and do you find yourself surprised that the gov won't help you get back the bitcoins you hope to usurp it with?

There's the difference. It's a bit like being a freedom fighter in Ukraine now and then complaining to that government who you are fighting against that a fellow rebel stole your cache of ammo and RPG's. Oh... waaaa. What would have happened in Egypt if the protestors tried to sue another rebel faction in court for the ammo they stole from them? "Wait, guys, these other rebels took our ammo. Can you please help me get it back?"

Sure, I'm sure that would go over nicely.

The moral of this is, if you are going to go against the banking industry, the national currency, and create your own 'currency' outside the safety net of regulated fiat AML KYC suable structures, then you don't have much to say if you lose your stuff. You can't go crying to big banking, big gov and plead with them for help.

-Sorry guys. If it's really the wild west here in Bitcoinia, then confront Gox people wild west style, -yourself (not with guns obviously.)

-It seems that no sheriff is going to save you.