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Also, perversely the KJV of the Bible has perpetual copyright in the UK. Not sure if God sees any of the royalties.
by zarzavat 3y ago
Also, perversely the KJV of the Bible has perpetual copyright in the UK. Not sure if God sees any of the royalties.
- bombcar 3y agoAt least arguably the Crown paid for that translation.
- orra 3y agoQuite. And if you'll excuse the pedantry, the KJV is patented, under a “letters patent” issued by The King. I point this out because these days the term patent almost always implies an invention. It's an interesting counterexample.
- helsinkiandrew 3y ago> Not sure if God sees any of the royalties God didn't write it - it was written by a committee of 47 scholars overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the behest of King James the first, so the Church of England/UK State should get royalties. Although presumably most of the plot was copied from previous authors.