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Copyright may subsist in Bitcoin file format: Wright v BTC Core

Bitcoin File Format protected by copyrght

In a recent UK case, Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWHC 222 (Ch) (07 February 2023), Justice Mellor ruled that the Bitcoin file format could not be protected by copyright. He did so on the basis that the fixation requirement for copyright subsistence was not met.

In a blog post on the case, Bitcoin file format not protected by copyright: Wright v BTC Core, I wrote “the decision left me scratching my head” and argued, the case was wrongly decided.…

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Bitcoin file format not protected by copyright: Wright v BTC Core

Technologies associated with blockchains have raised many novel issues of law. One of the issues is whether copyright is capable of subsisting in file formats used in the Bitcoin System. This issue was raised in the recent U.K. case, Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWHC 222 (Ch) (07 February 2023). In what can only be described as a technical question of copyright law, Justice Mellor concluded that copyright did not exist in the file format because the fixation requirement for copyright subsistence was not met.…

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