Does the crown copyright on the KJV affect other Commonwealth countries e.g. Australia? Down here we have a Crown copyright law and that covers *some* government material, including electoral information, the NSW Higher School Certificate and a lot of other things. Would British Crown Copyright documents apply as well?
andrew On 11/9/05, W. Borgert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 07:23:28PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:03:45PM +0000, W. Borgert wrote: > > > According to Christian belief, the bible is the "word of God". > > > According to Nietzsche (in 1882), "God is dead". So the author of > > > the bible is dead since at least 120 years. How can the copyright > > > still hold? > > > > Your argument is flawed: G-od is the direct author of the *original* > > version of *part* the Bible, namely the Pentateuch. The KJV is a > > derivative work made in the early 1600s. > > So the authors of the derivative work are certainly also pushing > the daisies. > > > More seriously, the copyright still holds because of a special clause > > for it in UK's 1998 Copyright Act (and all earlier copyright acts): > > The Crown has (in the UK) a permanent copyright on it that will never > > expire. (But Parliament can obviously pass new legislation that > > abrogates it.) > > Many thanks for the clarification. Interesting, that this does > not seem to be in conflict with the various international trade > agreements... > > However, I'm sure, someone will either find or create an > "annotated" variant for which an exceptions seems to exist. > > Cheers, WB > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- This space for rent. Enquire within. Terms and conditions apply. See store for details. Get free domains - http://www.ezyrewards.com/?id=23484
