[sword-devel] japanese sinkaiyaku bible (new testament 1965) is now in the public domain

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Re: http://ebible.org/epub/jpn1965.mobi

1.Copyright Notice is wrong (or is not accurate).

It says that
"First published in 1963, first copyrigt expired in 1991",
But only the book 'Gospel of John' was published in 1963,
the rest of New testament was published in 1965.

So the expired date of this translation is Dec 31, 2015 (or
Jan 1, 2016) except the book of John.
I am not certain that the Gospel of John published in 1963
and that published in 1965 is same. I wonder some differences
exist between these two editions.

2. The copyright owener nor the translator is not the Lockman
Foundation.

This translation was made by the Shinkaiyaku Seisho
Kankokai _sponsored_ by the Lockman Foundation.
Lockman Fundation claimed the copyrights, but as the
result of court, now the copyright owner is Sin-Nihon-Seisyo-
Kankou-Kai.

see also:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E6%94%B9%E8%A8%B3%E8%81%96%E6%9B%B8%E5%88%8A%E8%A1%8C%E4%BC%9A

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