On January 18, 2003 08:53, Matthew Donadio wrote: > Joel Mawhorter wrote: > > While the topics of copyrights and derivative works are fresh on > > everyone's mind I thought I would ask a question. Does anyone know what > > the U.S. laws are regarding producing a derative work based on a > > copyrighted work? For example, could I create a NIV concordence without > > the permission of the IBS? > > I'm not sure if this clears things up, but if you read the NIV copyright > page, they specificially state that commentaries and reference works > based on the NIV for commercial purposes require written premission from > the publisher.
Where did you see this? In my printed copy of the NIV I don't have anything to that effect. Even if I did it wouldn't really clear things up. Companies can claim all sorts of rights that they have no legal basis to claim. For instance I could print and book and put on the copyright page that permission was required to write a review of the book. However my guess is that fair use laws would override that. Joel _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
