copyright attitudes

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Brother Brown writes:

>It should also be noted that this permission in not normally witheld,
>but that the copyright is used to insure the preservation of the
>original wording, and not for economic reasons.

Me:  Nevertheless the 1611 KJV(original) did and the 1769(revised)
still does have a form of copyright (publishing restriction) on it.  I
assume when the colonists arrived in America that this restriction(1611)
applied also since they were English colonies, also I am at all sure that
during this period of time there was no economic interest in
printing the KJV. Everything else was taxed--remember the Tea
Party?

It is erroneous to say the KJV has (or never had)  no copyright simply
because there is no "C" with a circle around it on the title page. Its
publication
was and still is to some extent contolled by the Royals (or their agents)
in the U.K. No matter how lax this control is, it is there.
The Royal family considers it the property of the Crown because
they paid for it.

BTW there is ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTION WHATSOEVER
on the American Standard Version, The J.N.Darby version,and Youngs
Literal Translation.  They also may be copied
and distributed freely. These versions are in the public domain.


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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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Michael Cates.........Shreveport,LA.........mlcates@juno.com
.....mlcates@bellsouth.net........



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