[WikiEN-l] Re: Vatican is asserting copyright

[Andrew Gray]

On 25/01/06, Sean Barrett <sean at epoptic.org> wrote:

> The British Crown claims to own the King James Bible.

The British Crown holds letters patent to control the printing and
import of the Authorised Version, and the Book of Common Prayer, yes,
in such jurisdictions as this is held to be legal - which is only the
UK and possibly related territories.

"Claims to own" is a slight misrepresentation, given that this is, you
know, actual law in a real country.

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk