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<p>Thanks Michael for that (although I haven't heard of the Beaver
Scriptures and my search engines gave no help).<br>
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<p>Even here in New Zealand where we're still (sort of) under the
King, no one here would consider not using the KJV, and we most
certainly wouldn't be anticipating a court case if we used it in
an app.</p>
<p>I'm sure there's many silent listeners/readers/list-lurkers here
like me who would find 1/ some of the views on copyright expressed
earlier on the list very one-sided and out of character for an org
like CrossWire, and 2/ find the secrecy even more out of
character, and 3/ finding the UK-centric character of some of the
discussion quite out of character for an org with so many
international resources (and even for me in a British CommonWealth
country it seems strangely narrow).</p>
<p>Can the source text at least be passed to someone outside of the
UK to place onto GitHub? I'll volunteer (or I'm sure many others
would also).<br>
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<p>Let's get the Bible out to more people, and with more accuracy
and more linked resources.</p>
<p>Blessings,<br>
Robert Hunt<br>
Freely-Given.org<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/01/23 10:01, Michael Johnson
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<div>And yes - it remains the case that the text of the KJV is
protected by Royal Letters Patent within the United Kingdom,
and that in principle, this copyright assertion should be
upheld by subsequent mutual treaties in those nations that
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<p>A minor correction with major implications: The KJV and Book of
Common Prayer Letters Patent are NOT a copyright with respect to
the Berne Convention. Those have no legal effect outside of the
UK. Full stop. BS/BFBS opinions notwithstanding. The latter
organization, and especially certain persons within them, have
already proven that it is willing to stretch copyright law to
the extent of committing copyfraud, so I don't trust their
opinions. Case in point: the Beaver Scriptures. One could also
argue that King James said nothing about digital copies, but
only printing, which is not necessarily a lame point. All REAL
copyrights expire. The term may exceed a lifetime, but they do
expire.<br>
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<p>In the unlikely event that I wanted to print KJV Bibles and
import them into England or Wales, or if I wanted to print them
within those countries, I would care about the very old Letters
Patent about that. In no other case do they affect me or my
Bible distribution decisions. There is no evidence of anyone
trying to enforce those Letters Patent outside of England and
Wales, except perhaps in other parts of the UK, let alone
succeeding. I have, however, had a two Bible Societies challenge
some texts I have online. In one case, I produced written
permission to share the text. In the other, I produced evidence
that the work was permanently and irrevocably in the Public
Domain. I'm very careful about copyright law, and fully aware of
its extreme complexity in an international context. I'm also not
intimidated by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nyulawreview.org/issues/volume-81-number-3/copyfraud/">copyfraud</a>.<br>
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