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- The KJV is public domain in the United States.
A: Yes, if you live in the United States or most countries outside of the United Kingdom, you may freely quote the King James Bible (KJV). If you live within the United Kingdom and are wanting to quote the KJV, you may likely do so with no fee if your quote meets certain requirements.
- The issue with copyright translations. One translation that was produced with the specific intention of avoiding copyright entanglements is the Wor...
- In the United States, Copyright law has two basic categories - protected works and public domain. When a work has been around long enough (currentl...
- I have compiled a database of known public domain Bible translations. My compilation includes the following: Versions available: American Standard-...
- Of the non-public domain translations, the NET Bible has the most liberal licence for copying passages - you can read its licence . You can copy, b...
- Cambridge University holds the copyright to the King James version (through a centuries-long series of transfers of ownership rights), but only in...
- You should also look at the Open English Bible here: Welcome to the Open English Bible. The Open English Bible project aims to create the first mod...
- The Following is a list of Public Domain bibles I tend to use. Septuagint in American English 2012 World English Bible Twentieth Century New Testam...
- The 2009AD Catholic Public Domain Version ( CPDV ) is a translation of the 382AD Latin Vulgate (LV) by Saint Jerome, using the public domain 1899AD...
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“Public domain” refers to any creative work not protected under copyright laws. Essentially, something that exists in the public domain belongs to the public. Anyone can take it and pretty do whatever they want to do with it. Usually something enters the public domain because its copyright has expired. But someone can also intentionally place their...
If you’re seeking to use a popular modern version of the Bible, and you’re not a fan of the WEB, then you may still be in luck. Depending on what it is you’d like to do with the biblical text, there’s a good chance you can still use copyrighted Bible versions for certain tasks without having to pay any royalties and without having to ask for permis...
So that’s about it for public domain and copyright laws when it comes to citing or distributing a biblical text. It’s confusing stuff, to be sure. But when in doubt, just cite from the World English Bible. It’s not a perfect translation by any means, but it’s far better than some of the public domain alternatives. And it’s better than finding yours...
King James Version (KJV) Outside of the United Kingdom, the KJV is in the public domain. Within the United Kingdom, the rights to the KJV are vested in the Crown. This Bible is printed and published by Cambridge University Press, the Queen's royal printer, under royal letters patent.
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.
The linked answers rightly say that the KJV is public domain except in the UK. However, even in the UK it is perfectly fine to quote from the KJV (within certain, generous limits) if you give attribution to the rights holder ( cambridge.org/bibles/about/rights-and-permissions ).
The King James Version present on the Bible Gateway matches the 1987 printing. The KJV is public domain in the United States.
the NewOpenBible will draw upon available texts in the public domain from two independent traditions: the American Standard Version ( ASV ) released 1901, former copyright has now expired so it is in the public domain and free to be published without payment of royalty---
