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It's under copyrightish in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version#Copyright_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wik

• abrowne 6y ago
  "[T]the letters patent are held by the Queen's Printer [… T]he Queen's Printer is now Cambridge University Press […] Cambridge University Press permits the reproduction of at most 500 verses for 'liturgical and non-commercial educational use; if their prescribed acknowledgement is included, the quoted verses do not exceed 25% of the publication quoting them and do not include a complete Bible book."
  • colonwqbang 6y ago
    The monarchy is founded on "the grace of God" so it makes a kind of twisted sense that they should collect the license fee to peddle God's book. Given that God himself is credited as author of at least parts of the Bible, the "life of the author plus 70 years" doctrine of copyright should help keep the Bible out of the public domain for the foreseeable future.
    • michaelmrose 6y ago
      It's OK nobody agrees on who actually represents god so nobody has clear standing to sue or rather everyone thinks they do and would most certainly spend the next century suing each other and you could claim to need to hold any suit against you until all their suits against each other were settled.
      • dragonwriter 6y ago
        > nobody agrees on who actually represents god That's only true if “nobody” can reach up to approximately 1 billion people. “Not everybody” ≠ “nobody”.
    • jandrese 6y ago
      Is the crown ripping off God? Or have they been giving the Almighty his royalty checks every month?
  • gorgoiler 6y ago
    It sounds like an MIT license. THIS INCOMPLETE NON BIBLE BOOK IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED...