What makes an action right or wrong? Is professional conduct ethical simply because it complies with legal standards and firm policies, or should we critically examine the principles behind our decisions? These are the same questions explored in Euthyphro, where...
It appears that there is property all around cryptocurrencies, just not in the places decided in Blockchain Tech. There is property that is copyright in the software Bitcoin Core, which is owned by the developers. There is copyright in the ledger entries, which is...
This week we considered various tests for property and examined when software is property. Software is a form of property as copyright and data entries in software might themselves be copyright but the question is who is the owner: the user who makes entries or the...
After considering in software in the AutoCAD case we will turn back to considering a copyright in cryptocurrency and whether there is a potential to eke out a form of property based on copyright law. Please see below link to case materials which is assumed...
We will continue our consideration of whether Bitcoin and crypto is property by examining the nature of copyright in software. The private key, generated by BitcoinCore software at the behest of the user, appears to be a literary work created by the user. The software...
Re Blockchain Tech held that in Australia a person’s interest in Bitcoin is property. Although the case concerns BTC, the most important thing is the reasoning of how an piece of software which has no legal, equitable or legislative rights, obligations or...
