sacg1198@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott A Cattanach) (07/20/90)
Does anyone out there know about copyright law? Namely, I heard that
the RSV was written at the turn of the century and the copyright could
expire. Anyone know? Can we put a non-KJV out on the net (finally :-)?
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[I don't know the answer, but I think RSV may be a special case. I
recall vaguely Congress passing a special law to extend the copyright
beyond its normal term. --clh]muts@fysaj.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers /100000) (07/24/90)
sacg1198@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott A Cattanach) writes: >Does anyone out there know about copyright law? Namely, I heard that >the RSV was written at the turn of the century and the copyright could >expire. Anyone know? Can we put a non-KJV out on the net (finally :-)? I am really astonished to see that copyright is the reason that no RSV was on the net. How strange that there is a copyright on the English bible translations. It would be reasonable that there were rules with publishing scripture, so that the meaning of the text will not be changed, but after all, God's word is not to make money of it, but to be spread as much as possible, isn't it? -- Peter Mutsaers email: muts@fysaj.fys.ruu.nl Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht nmutsaer@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl Princetonplein 5 tel: (+31)-(0)30-534504 3584 CG Utrecht, Netherlands
dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) (07/25/90)
In article <Jul.20.02.32.19.1990.17209@athos.rutgers.edu>, sacg1198@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott A Cattanach) writes... >Does anyone out there know about copyright law? Namely, I heard that >the RSV was written at the turn of the century and the copyright could >expire. Anyone know? Can we put a non-KJV out on the net (finally :-)? Chris adds: >[I don't know the answer, but I think RSV may be a special case. I >recall vaguely Congress passing a special law to extend the copyright >beyond its normal term. --clh] I don't know about special cases, but here's a brief summary of copyright law durations for works created before 1978 (the copyright laws changed after 1978 and there are all sorts of conditions that can affect the protection period for a work created since then). A work would get copyright protection for 28 years, renewable for an additional 28 years. Works whose copyright did not expire prior to 1978 were eligible for a second renewal of 19 years. Thus, in general, anything published prior to 1922 will be public domain (barring a special law). Writing to the registrar of copyrights in Washington DC (I don't have an address handy) can reveal the status of any registered work (any thing published prior to 1962 and not registered is automatically public domain). -dh --- Don Hosek TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont Consulting and dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu production work. Free Estimates. dhosek@ymir.bitnet uunet!jarthur!ymir Phone: 714-625-0147
carroll@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Jeff Carroll) (07/30/90)
In article <Jul.24.15.01.09.1990.27292@athos.rutgers.edu> dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) writes: >In article <Jul.20.02.32.19.1990.17209@athos.rutgers.edu>, sacg1198@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott A Cattanach) writes... >>Does anyone out there know about copyright law? Namely, I heard that >>the RSV was written at the turn of the century and the copyright could >>expire. Anyone know? Can we put a non-KJV out on the net (finally :-)? The RSV was written (and copyrighted) in the 1950s. It is a revision of the American Standard Version, which was done in the time frame you're thinking of. (stuff deleted) >Thus, in general, anything published prior to 1922 will be public >domain (barring a special law). Writing to the registrar of >copyrights in Washington DC (I don't have an address handy) can >reveal the status of any registered work (any thing published >prior to 1962 and not registered is automatically public domain). The RSV was published and copyrighted by the National Council of Churches in the 1950s (different years for the Old and New Testaments). The copyright is clearly still in force. Jeff Carroll carroll@atc.boeing.com