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Re:The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined by cesarb on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @04:09PM (#14904809)
That's one possible analogy. Another analogy would be: an unrelated third-party decides to give, to everyone who has HP shares, an equivalent number of shares in a new company. In that case, a broker would be under no obligation to give you these new shares.

Which analogy is the best one depends on your point of view on this debate.

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Re:The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined by laretluval on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @04:15PM (#14904861)
> a broker would be under no obligation to give you these new shares.

No obligation would exist, but I'd rather take my business to a broker who would do so, given the choice.

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Re:The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined by sowbug on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:31AM (#14907943)
How about a third-party company that awards a free trip to a timeshare resort (some obligations apply) to every HP shareholder?
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Re:The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined by nebabyte on Thursday August 03, 2017 @01:30PM (#14921670)
Correct. I have not studied securities law but I don't think Coinbase's users have any recourse claiming their BCC and Coinbase decides their stance is that it was always theirs as they held the relevant private keys.
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