Posted by:
Jordan
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Date: May 29, 2019 07:02PM
There is a post below about (c) infringement, which gets me thinking, are LDS scriptures copyrighted? At a cursory glance, no. On reflection, maybe yes to some extent.
* The Bible - not (c) to LDS, except footnotes, chapter headings etc.
* The JST - owned by CoC/RLDS, so no.
* The Book of Mormon - on the face of it, no. However, the LDS over the past while has modified it. There have been some changes in wording, chapter headings, and introductory material.
* The D&C - much the same as the BoM, except that the OD2, since it was made in 1978 will presumably still fall under (c).
* The PoGP - much the same as the last two. No idea about facsimiles. Presumably the AoF and JSH both have substantial modifications.
* Indexes, Bible Dictionary, Pronunciation Guide, Topical Guide, Ensign (Friend, New Era etc), conference talks, recent proclamations all count as (c) in my understanding.
* Translations of BoM, D&C and PoGP into other languages will all count as (c) if they have occurred within the past few decades.
Presumably, some allowance is made for short quotations in critical reviews, even anti, but this does raise the question of how much is a violation.