As we showed recently, it was found in all versions of macOS released from 2018 a whitepaper do Bitcoin. Signed by Satoshi Nakamotothe pseudonym of the person (or group) behind the digital currency, the document proposes a decentralized electronic payment system that dispenses with intermediaries and uses cryptography to guarantee the security and validity of transactions.
Obviously, the case attracted media attention and was the subject of a brief commentary by Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto himself. In 2021, he even filed a lawsuit against the Bitcoin.org website precisely because of that whitepaperclaiming that he was the author of the document and demanding its withdrawal from the site and the internet as a whole.
Now, in response to a question from a Twitter user about the possibility that Apple is infringing copyright by keeping the document on Macs, Wright has responded with a categorical “Yes” – although he has not given any indication that he intends to take the company to the fairness, as he did with the site. Even so, many made a point of challenging him to sue Apple in the answers.
The term “challenge” fits well here, as Wright is unlikely to get anything out of Apple in court for a variety of reasons. The first, which is the most obvious, concerns the very identity of the man, who has yet to prove himself the person responsible for creating the most famous digital currency in the world. By transitivity, there is also no proof that he is the author of the document.
Furthermore, it is important to note that, given the nature of the document in question, there is no certainty that it is copyrighted. As the author is unknown, it is not clear if the work is protected by some form of intellectual property or if it is in the public domain – which would certainly favor Apple in a possible legal dispute.
via Finbold