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I am not a lawyer, just thinking loud.
I think that technology is a strong argument before court, but I suspect =
that it is just that, as of now.
Tamas Blummer
On Jan 20, 2015, at 6:47 PM, Matt Whitlock <bip@mattwhitlock.name> =
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 20 January 2015, at 6:44 pm, Tamas Blummer wrote:
>> Knowing the private key and owning the linked coins is not =
necessarily the same in front of a court.
>>=20
>> At least in german law there is a difference between =91Eigentum' =
means ownership and =91Besitz=92 means ability to deal with it.
>> Being able to deal with an asset does not make you the owner.
>=20
> So what we're telling the newbies in /r/bitcoin is plain wrong. =
Bitcoins *do* have an owner independent from the parties who have access =
to the private keys that control their disposition. That's pretty =
difficult to reconcile from a technological perspective.
>=20
>=20
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am not a lawyer, just thinking loud.</div><div>I think that technology =
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the linked coins is not necessarily the same in front of a =
court.<br><br>At least in german law there is a difference between =
=91Eigentum' means ownership and =91Besitz=92 means ability to deal with =
it.<br>Being able to deal with an asset does not make you the =
owner.<br></blockquote><br>So what we're telling the newbies in =
/r/bitcoin is plain wrong. Bitcoins *do* have an owner independent from =
the parties who have access to the private keys that control their =
disposition. That's pretty difficult to reconcile from a technological =
perspective.<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=
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