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1 | Should the Bible be free? | Bible general Archive 4 | imreoux | 202535 | ||
Should the Bible be free? It has recently come to my attention that aside from the King James Bible is the only translation freely available. All other translations are significantly encumbered with copyright restrictions. People who work in ministry deserve to be paid by 'the church', but I wonder if the copright holders of the NASB, the NIV etc. (Lockman Foundation, IBS-STL) intend to collect royalties to the extent allowable by law. Is there some point the translation work becomes 'paid for' and a readable Bible can become public domain? If someone were to breach copyright and distribute the Bible digitally on the internet without permission of the copyright holders, would they pursue legal action against such an individual? Would they be justified in doing so? As Christians, would we, as often seems to be the case, condone the smuggling of the Bible into countries unfriendly to the Gospel? How is breaking those local laws of distribution different from breaking the one's in the US? Should churches seek to have a Bible that is unencumbered by strict copyright rules? |
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2 | Should the Bible be free? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202536 | ||
Hi imreoux; Welcome to the forum! This is really not a bible study question, though I think it has merit, so, I will entertain it without followup, so as not to encourage such. The copyright restrictions on the Bible are there to guard against those that would copy and sell them for profit. You or anyone else may freely read, study, copy and distribute, The Word of God, as much as you want! I have never nor do I believe you will ever hear that the use of God's Word, would be encumbered by strict copyright rules, other then for sale or profit. So feel free my friend, use, read, study, and give out the Word of God as much as you like, any and all may be used to your hearts desire and delight! That is, those that are accepted as orthodox. :-) As to breaking mans law: There are times when God's instructions trump mans laws! Mark 16:15 "And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation." Thats God speaking, by the way. Who are you going to listen to? Note: to your question on this; I believe the reason the KJ is not under copyright law, is that, it has been around so long, it is indeed in what is called the "public domain". Just like some songs can be sung and recorded by anyone without paying someone else, because that someone, is long gone. God bless John |
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3 | Should the Bible be free? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202541 | ||
Correction: God's instructions "always" trump the law of man! | ||||||