2007-06-02 08:18:26 · 12 answers · asked by ! 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was thinking along the lines of to control the use and meaning of stories.
2007-06-02 08:32:24 · update #1
....like the groups that say Christianity stole the stories from them
2007-06-03 05:52:55 · update #2
If we did not write it how can we copyright it! That sounds a bit weird to me!
2007-06-02 08:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
King James Version of the Bible - copyright ran out centuries ago. Its text is now in the public domain in the US, but still under copyright in the U.K.
NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE
Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Wheaton, Illinois 60189.
2007-06-02 15:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are versions of the Bible that are copyrighted. As someone here said, the New International Version published by Zondervan is one.
The King James Bible is the only English Bible (that I am aware of) that is copyright-free.
2007-06-02 15:24:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it cant be copyrighted in the U.S. because the authors died over 75 years ago... im pretty sure copyright laws around the world have time limits, so there's no point in trying
some translations are copyrighted though, but that's because it's the work of people who sat down and translated the bible to modernized words.
2007-06-02 15:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by funaholic 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that's why there are new translations coming out every few years as the manuscripts they come from are free of copyright but new translations have at least 50 years they can make money on royalties from.
Sorry to give you the truth on this
2007-06-02 15:29:11 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew Payne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
different places have copyrighted different versions but no one can copyright the King James
2007-06-02 15:24:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I'm not mistaken I believe that many, if not all, modern translations and paraphrases are copy written.
GOD bless
2007-06-02 15:23:22 · answer #7 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am sure...zondervan publishing of grand rapids michigan is guilty of this
also many politicians plagarize it no doubt
2007-06-02 15:22:30 · answer #8 · answered by AlbertHoward.org 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think because of its antiquity, it would be public domain.
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2007-06-02 15:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by canx_mp058 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they would make a mint.... i thought translations would be copywrited.
2007-06-02 15:21:44 · answer #10 · answered by Aled H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋