Well, I think it would probably fall under the category of "derivative works" in the copyright law. I used to study copyright law quite a bit in connection with music publishing but don't know what, if any, changes have been made over the past several years. I also suspect that we are about to get "hollered" at for being way off-topic here. Lynn Trapp :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Narkinsky [mailto:patrick@extremehope.org] > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 3:58 PM > To: Lynn Trapp > Cc: Biblical Greek > Subject: Re: [b-greek] Re: GNT monoply > > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Lynn Trapp wrote: > > > The key here is that the only thing that a person holds > "copyright" to is > > the "arrangement" of the words. The unique manner in which > an author puts > > words together is really the only thing that the courts can > protect from > > infringement. Thus the unique arrangement of the words of a > Greek text are > > clearly "copyrightable". > > > > But, in creating this manuscript, the only "arrangement" was selecting > which variant to use. There was (correct me if I'm wrong) not *one* > original phrase. According to the US Copyright office: > > Works consisting entirely of information that is common property > and containing no original authorship (for example: standard > calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and > rulers, and > lists or tables taken from public documents or other common > sources) > > are not eligible for copyright. Every manuscript used in NA > and UBS4 were > "public documents". All the "authors" did, in this case, was collate > them. I would certainly admit that most of the ancilliary material is > copyrightable. But I can't see how the document itself is. > > Patrick > > -- > Patrick Narkinsky > patrick@extremehope.org > > "It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus > Christ. My Hosanna is > born of a furnace of doubt." -- Fyodor Dostoevski > --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu