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Copyright Law and the Bible

Posted by Bob on March 4th, 2007 under History, Law and Order


I hope you don’t think I’m on a sermon jag this Sunday. Pain made a comment that made think in this direction. I hope no one takes my theology seriously. I am illustrating the development of Wordism and copyright law, which I have some qualifications to do.

I have not been elected Pope, though I came within a hundred votes every time.

So on to copyright law.

Almost anyone who does a lot of writing, as I hope you will, has concerns about copyright law. One of the jokes I tell goes this way:

“The Bible is the best selling book, by far, in all of history. In fact it is by far the best-selling book on earth every single year.”

“If the Jews are such great businessmen, why the hell didn’t they COPYRIGHT it?”

In other words, the idea of copyrighting the Bible was a joke to me.

Which shows how little I know about lawyers.

I found out recently why there are so many honest differences about the wording in the Bible Back when I was a by and snakes still had feet, “the Bible” where I came from meant the St. James Version. There was also a CATHOLIC Bible. But these were both far too old to have any copyright.

Then came The Revised Standard Version of the Bible, which my conservative kin referred to as “The Communist Bible.” The Revised Standard Version came with a copyright. Strictly speaking, when you quoted it you were in violation of the law.

The law allows you what is called the “fair use” doctrine, which allows you to quote text without permission up to a certain number of words. “Fair use” makes provision for reviewers and so forth, but like all legal concepts, it is not nailed down specifically. You can’t just take a chapter out of a famous author’s book and use it to sell your anthology, for instance.

In the case of most copyrighted books you get permission or you get sued. But all over the web you will find comparisons of huge slabs of the Bible from different versions, most of which are still copyrighted. The fact is that the people holding the copyright COULD sue but they DON’T. After all, the ostensible purpose of retranslating The Book is to spread it.

All this is fairly recent news to me. It may be to some of you.

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  1. #1 by Anonymous on 03/04/2007 - 6:58 pm

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    That was funny, Bob. “Back when I was a boy and snakes had feet.” I’ve never heard that before. Very funny. I’ll bet you know a lot of sayings like that. Please give us some more of that homespun stuff.

    Oh, and the Bible. Yes, it’s true, I wrote it but I never intended to copyright it.

    God.

  2. #2 by Alan on 03/04/2007 - 7:59 pm

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    many web sites will place a copywrite notice at the end of an artice,they will also express whether you can reprint their material or not. The only copywrite law suits I am aware of are related to the down loading of music and movies.

  3. #3 by Alan on 03/04/2007 - 11:01 pm

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    Bob, I copied a portion on the leading artice on Davis Duke.com, does this comment on Jewish extermism sound familar to you?
    The Holocaust” has literally been made into a new religion, a religion where Jewish people have become literally the New Gods for themselves and for we, the goyim, who are all now burdened with the guilt of the ultimate sin and responsibility for it. Those who dare to oppose this new power on earth or who dare to question a single assertion of the new Holocaust orthodoxy have become the new heretics called “anti-Semites” and “Holocaust deniers.” (more…)
    As Bob would say, at least my ideas are catching on.

  4. #4 by Bob on 03/05/2007 - 12:32 pm

    I would address 1) as God, but I’d have to see some ID first.

    Anyway, have you heard the one about the zealous new theology student who was saying his
    prayers the afte his first day in class? He prayed for his father, his mother, each of
    his most distant kin, his pets, World Peace, the hungry, he listed each disease and prayed
    the Lord to help each
    group, he went on from country to country, and on and on.

    About the third hour, the room filled with light, and a Voice said unto him:

    “Why don’t you go to bed? I’ll take back over now.”

  5. #5 by Anonymous on 03/07/2007 - 7:43 pm

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    Funny? Oh, God, that’s funny. When you get to be my age and you ain’t in the best of health there is nothing like a good laugh to keep you going. Never think Mr. Whitaker is not capable of causing you to get a decent horselaugh.

    Thanks, Bob.

    And the one about asking me for ID. I mean that one had me rolling in the aisles. Really. The first thing I thought about was the so-called Real ID Act. I mean cheese and rice. If there’s something I can’t countenance it’s tyrannical government. Sorry, I can’t take it. Or is that won’t take it? All the crap the Birch Society said they were going to prevent by their assbusting activities never took place. Sorry, McManus, you lose. Or is it we lose? But, no, now it’s not about preserving freedom in America. It’s about race. How come the Birch Society never told me about that in 1970?

    I know. I should know.

    God.

  6. #6 by dougrees on 12/29/2010 - 10:21 pm

    I really like your site and agree with at least half of it. But the “St. James Version” of the Bible? Give me a break!!! Shouldn’t it be the “King James Version”?

  7. #7 by BoardAd on 12/30/2010 - 9:38 pm

    It’s just a typo, dougrees.

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