{"id":8923,"date":"2021-06-29T17:54:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T17:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/craig-wright-wins-default-judgment-against-cobra-bitcoin-org-forced-to-remove-white-paper\/"},"modified":"2021-06-29T17:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T17:54:13","slug":"craig-wright-wins-default-judgment-against-cobra-bitcoin-org-forced-to-remove-white-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/craig-wright-wins-default-judgment-against-cobra-bitcoin-org-forced-to-remove-white-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Wright Wins Default Judgment Against Cobra \u2014 Bitcoin.org Forced to Remove White Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

The self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin, Craig Wright, has won a default judgment in London\u2019s High Court in his copyright infringement case against the pseudonymous operator of bitcoin.org. According to a report, the website and its owner Cobra must remove the Bitcoin white paper from the web portal and pay $48K in legal costs as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Self-Styled \u2018Satoshi\u2019 Wins Default Judgement Against Cobra and Bitcoin.org<\/h2>\n

Craig Wright is back in the headlines again as the self-styled Satoshi Nakamoto has won a default judgment in the U.K. against the pseudonymous Cobra. Bitcoin.com News reported<\/a> on Wright\u2019s action against bitcoin.org and Cobra at the end of January. Proceedings actually started, however, on February 24 via the Intellectual Property List of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales.<\/p>\n

The court action caused a lot of controversy amongst bitcoiners because Wright still has yet to prove he invented Bitcoin to the greater crypto community. In fact, there is so much evidence<\/a> contradicting Craig Wright\u2019s story it\u2019s been said he simply \u201cthrives on attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s had four years to come forward with proof that he is Satoshi, and I, for one, am not satisfied,\u201d blockchain and software developer Jameson Lopp said in 2019.<\/p>\n

Following the initial filing of the copyright infringement case against bitcoin.org and the website\u2019s operator Cobra, the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) filed a civil lawsuit<\/a> in the U.K. against Wright\u2019s claims to the famous white paper.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, COPA initiated a lawsuit asking the UK High Court to declare that Mr. Craig Wright does not have copyright ownership over the Bitcoin white paper,\u201d the working group said at the time. After the COPA court filing, a representative of Craig Wright, chief scientist at Nchain wrote to Bitcoin.com News and said:<\/p>\n

This is exactly what we have wanted to happen for some time and I am very pleased this body has agreed to stand up in court as I can now have my credentials judged legally.<\/p>\n

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On June 28 and also updated the following day, a blog post published by ontier.digital<\/a> explains that Wright has won a default judgment in London\u2019s High Court against Cobra. The High Court judge of the Chancery Division granted Wright\u2019s request which includes:<\/p>\n

\u201cAn injunction prohibiting the Defendant from infringing Dr Wright\u2019s copyright in the United Kingdom whether by making the White Paper available for download from the bitcoin.org website or in any other way.\u201d
\n\u201cAn order requiring the Defendant to publish a copy of the Court\u2019s order on the bitcoin.org website for 6 months.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ontier.digital website announcement details that Cobra preferred to \u201cmaintain their anonymity.\u201d On Twitter, bitcoin.org\u2019s pseudonymous operator spoke about the ruling and said that it was the perfect example of why uncensorable and permissionless networks like Bitcoin are needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll your fiat-based assets are ultimately secured by the same legal system that today made it illegal for me to host the Bitcoin white paper because a notorious liar swore before a judge that he\u2019s Satoshi,\u201d Cobra tweeted<\/a>. \u201cA system where \u2018justice\u2019 depends on who\u2019s got the bigger wallet.\u201d The anonymous bitcoiner added:<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think you could get a better advertisement of *why* Bitcoin is necessary than what happened today. Rules enforced through cryptography are far more superior than rules based on whoever can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in court.<\/p>\n

What do you think about Craig Wright winning a default judgment against Cobra and bitcoin.org? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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