Interesting real-life legal law cases related to crypto Bitcoin blockchain technology

Collection of various legal cases from the past year or two…

Tried to provide link to a reputable and established media outlets, of course DYOR (do your own research) and RTFS (read the source)!

Faketoshi

David Kleiman vs Craig Wright - thousands of links

Craig Wright vs Peter McCormack - thousands of links

Craig Wright vs Roger Ver: Roger Ver vows to fight new libel lawsuit from Craig Wright - Decrypt

Bitcoin Magazine and Jameson Lopp about Craig Wright: https://archive.fo/CzgOI

Other crypto

Sequoia vs Binance: x.com

Winklevoss Shrem: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/winklevoss-twins-reach-settlement-charlie-shrem/

Market manipulation: Lawsuit links Bitmain, Roger Ver group to ‘premeditated hostile takeover’ of Bitcoin Cash network - Coingeek

SIM swap scam: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-investor-awarded-over-75-million-in-sim-swapping-hack-case

Bitfinex: New York attorney general probes crypto exchange Bitfinex over alleged $850M fraud | TechCrunch

BTC-E: https://www.coindesk.com/alleged-btc-e-operator-alexander-vinnik-seeks-extradition-to-russia

Mt Gox Mark Karpeles: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/karpeles-beats-embezzlement-charges-mt-gox-ruling/

Technology in general

Valid evidence: Archive.org's Wayback Machine is legit legal evidence, US appeals court judges rule • The Register

Apple Bernadino shooter: Apple–FBI encryption dispute - Wikipedia + Crypto Wars - Wikipedia

Bloomberg reporting of a hack: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies

Waymo vs Uber: Waymo V. Uber: Everything to Know About the Trade Secrets Trial | Fortune

Hertz vs Accenture: Accenture sued over website redesign so bad it Hertz: Car hire biz demands $32m+ for 'defective' cyber-revamp • The Register

Amazon .amazon domain: Amazon prevails in battle with South American countries for ‘.amazon’ domain name | Mashable

Same story

  • Microsoft EU antitrust
  • Google EU antitrust
  • Facebook FTC privacy settlement

Freedom fighters

Death penalty

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8926874/saudi-arabia-teenager-16-beheaded-protests-whatsapp/

A young lad was tortured with electricity and beheaded in Saudi Arabia because he sent WhatsApp messages about a protest aged 16.

Frenchman sentenced to death over Indonesia drug smuggling - BBC News

Frenchman sentenced to death over Indonesia drug smuggling

Brunei says it won't enforce death penalty for gay sex - BBC News

Brunei says it won’t enforce death penalty for gay sex

There were media articles about death penalty but apparently it won’t be enforced

Funny

Emile Ratelband, 69, told he cannot legally change his age - BBC News

Emile Ratelband, still aged 69, wanted to change his birth date by 20 years to avoid what he called discrimination.
“We live in a time when you can change your name and change your gender. Why can’t I decide my own age?” he said.

He got the attention. Respecting attitude. Forking your identity

FunnyJunk is threatening to file a federal lawsuit against me unless I pay $20,000 in damages - The Oatmeal

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More stuff

Conclusion

There are so many hackers, hactivists, examples of industrial espionage, privacy violations, trade secrets, unfair competition…

Is it default world or the lens I’m looking at?

This is a very interesting list of cases. What would be the argument here, though?

I’m not sure I fully follow. Really interested in your two cents!

I think that reasons are similar to those guys editing Wikipedia :slight_smile:

Maybe some of these technology giants are more likely to adopt technology (use Kleros) is settling their disputes?

Speaking of Wikipedia - my most notable contributions relate to War on Drugs, Private Prison System and some conspiracy theories, referencing facts and connecting the dots (conspiracy reality)

Note: don’t get me involved in any criminal act, unless you are the government. It’s much easier to play by the rules, breaking the law usually carries a heavy burden, my opportunity cost is too high.

(now as I think about it - Red Team - social engineering - I’m quite good at building rapport and returning items to a shop even if I lose the proof of purchase)

Picture from Leigh Sagar presentation in Leicester:

Check him out on Twitter: x.com

Robertson v Persons Unknown

AA v Persons Unknown

Vorotyntseva v Money-4 Ltd