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Many (most?) of the full texts are available online through authorized sources. Copyright is exercised as a means of quality control as much as if not more than
by dhosek 6y ago
Many (most?) of the full texts are available online through authorized sources. Copyright is exercised as a means of quality control as much as if not more than as a mean of generating revenue/restricting distribution.
- nix23 6y ago>through authorized sources That can be just God's bookshelf itself right? >Copyright is exercised as a means of quality control Is that God too, or another 'authorized source' like the Vatican? ;)
- dhosek 6y agoProtestant translations tend to be held by publishers, I believe, with Zondervan being the biggest player, I think. I can't speak too much about how all of that works. For Catholic translations there's a requirement that a Bishop sign off on the accuracy/suitability of the translation and its accompanying commentary (at the minimum, a Catholic Bible will include references to parallel/related passages in the other parts of the Bible and usually also includes significant additional commentary). The most commonly used Catholic Bible in the US has its copyright held by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops who have published the full text on their website as well as have authorized multiple (20, according to Wikipedia) publishers to produce print editions.