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- COPA has filed a lawsuit against Craig Wright, asking the UK High Court to prevent him from claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto
- The proponents of Wright were found positive and considered that the case should have filed earlier
- Following the latest move of COPA, it seems the BSV creator might have failed to gain COPA’s trust
Craig Steven Wright, the creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV), and has claimed that he is the anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. On 13th April 2021, the cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) filed a lawsuit against Wright. Where the BSV creator claims that he is the creator of Bitcoin White Paper, COPA has asked the UK High Court that he has no copyright ownership over the Bitcoin whitepaper. Indeed, according to COPA, Wright is not the author of the white paper nor the owner of the copyright.
Today, 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. We stand in support of the Bitcoin developer community and the many others who've been threatened for hosting the White Paper. pic.twitter.com/QNDEq3H6Oq
— COPA (@opencryptoorg) April 12, 2021
COPA asked for an injunction to deny the claim of Craig Wright
COPA, launched last year by Twitter as a non-profit organization with the aim of encouraging crypto innovations. On Monday, the organization has documented a lawsuit against Craig Wright, a controversial Australian computer scientist. In the filed case, COPA has asked the UK High Court to declare that Wright has no copyright ownership over the BTC white paper. And also mentioned that the organization is standing in support of the BTC developer community and the others who have been threatened for hosting the White Paper.
COPA stands for an open financial system and was formed to remove barriers that stifle innovation. We are hosting the Bitcoin whitepaper and stand with our members and the crypto community to address this issue. Here’s our letter in response to last week’s cease and desists. pic.twitter.com/NfM56rfCEc
— COPA (@opencryptoorg) February 5, 2021
Furthermore, the organization has asked the court to release an authoritative warning that should prevent the computer scientist from claiming as the author of the BTC white paper. Also, it asked the court for an injunction for appropriate measures to be taken for the dissemination and publication of any judgement made in the case. Indeed, such judgement will help make ruling broadly known and available.
BSV proponents claimed the lawsuit as a Christmas present
Calvin Ayre, the founder of the Ayre group and a more prominent advocate of Bitcoin SV, has found the lawsuit positive. According to Ayre, the lawsuit should have been filed earlier, and he was found positive that Craig Wright will win for sure. Moreover, with positivity, Ayre also considered the steps of COPA as a Christmas gift for Wright.
yes…this a late Christmas Present for Craig.
— Calvin Ayre (@CalvinAyre) April 13, 2021
Good….this is what should have happened a long time ago…stand and fight instead of running and only tossing insults while still engaging in your scams. We are all happy about this.
— Calvin Ayre (@CalvinAyre) April 12, 2021
COPA has previously stood on the same issue
It is not the first time that COPA has stood against Craig Wright on the Bitcoin white paper issue’s copyright. In February, the organization had shared five posts regarding the whitepaper publication. Back then, COPA stated that they had received a cease and desist letter a week ago, and response to it asked for evidence and specific information to prove Wright’s claims. And for bringing those evidence, the organization gave him a couple of weeks.
However, following the latest COPA step, it seems like Wright has failed to prove his claims. On the other side, there are also chances that COPA didn’t find those proves satisfactory.