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I think it was originally for the benefit of the church, who didn't want people remixing the bible. They just had to add sweetener for the publishers so that th
by __MatrixMan__ 5y ago
I think it was originally for the benefit of the church, who didn't want people remixing the bible. They just had to add sweetener for the publishers so that they'd cooperate in censorship that would otherwise be to their disadvantage.
- nerdponx 5y agoThere are copyright claims on the Christian bible?
- MomoXenosaga 5y agoYou'd be amazed, it gets a new retranslation/adaptation all the time. They don't give them away in a bookshop.
- wernercd 5y agohttps://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/16378/586 https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/16378/586 List (as of 2019) of public domain versions.
- joshuaissac 5y agoThe King James Version is still under Crown copyright in the United Kingdom. https://www.cambridge.org/bibles/about/rights-and-permissions/rights-and-permissions-kjv https://www.cambridge.org/bibles/about/rights-and-permission...