[Safrguns]

And who has copyrights to the bible???

Funny we never hear anything about that...

nor about any charges of copyright infringement by the BOM author(s) from the bible.

I wonder what would happen if a coalition of bible publishers sued the current copyright holders of the bom for copyright infringement?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

**And who has copyrights to the bible???**

These rights are held by the publishers of the various new translations..

In England the rights are invested in the CROWN (CUM PRIVELEGO).

In America there is no copyright on the KJV unless you change the type of print, font, or add notes.

This is why some cults often use the KJV as it has no copyright.

[Gil4]

The KJV is in the public domain. While one or more of the Mormon books (BoM, D&C, and PoGP) copied from it word for word in large sections, I don't believe it's a violation of copyright law.

Some KJV-only advocates point out that the KJV is not copyright protected and use that as evidence of it's superiority, since the newer translations are protected. Unfortunately for them, it's only evidence for its age. The KJV was originally property of the crown of England and was protected.

While God's word can't be copyrighted, if He didn't dictate directly to you or if you can't get a copy directly from Moses, the prophets, and the NT writers, and if you can't read Hebrew, Aramaic, or Koine Greek, then you are going to need have to use the services of translators. The copyright system is the method we use to ensure the translators are paid for their work.