On 10/08/2010, Mike Barnard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On 10/08/2010, Mike Barnard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Reinier Battenberg > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > but you are totally free to make your own translations, because the > > > gospels > > > > are copyright free. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah... it just depends on your reference text while making > translations. If > > > you use the earlier texts that were not copyrighted, then you are in the > > > clear. You cannot use the NIV, NKJV, MKJV, Amplified and the like for > > > translations... they are fully copyrighted. > > > > > > > err, yes you can. See my quote from the license agreement for the NIV. > > > > > > > > To show how much you are really trying to prove yourself right, I'll put > what you said here: > > "The NIV text may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic > or audio), up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without > express written permission of the publisher, providing the verses do > not amount to a complete book of the Bible" > > And as I said, as per your statement, If i translated the whole bible to > Swahili using the NIV as my text of reference, I would have surely gone > beyond the permitted 500 words. I would put in my bible, adapted from the > NIV, year of publication WXYZ and so on and would have infringed on the (C) > of the NIV bible. > > > -- > Mike
Actually it is the translation that is copyrighted, so you would be allowed under the license to use it as a basis for translating into kiswahili. However I think you forgot the start of this particular thread. Joseph said gospel singers were infringing the copyright of the bible by quoting it in their songs. We are both agreed I think that there are unlikely to be any gospel songs that directly quote more than 500 verses, so I think we both agree that I am right in saying that gospel singers do not contravene the license agreement of their bible. -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255784602561 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
