Copyright saved the Book of Mormon

By Michael De Groote, Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 21 2010 9:50 p.m. MST

Summary

In 1840, it was a race against time.

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Happy Valley Heretic

Orem, UT

So who has the copyright on the Bible?

10:44 a.m. Dec. 23, 2010
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Carlos Salazar

Ellicott City, MD

The copyright for the Book of Mormon was violated in the mid 1800s in the United States. I found a copy of the Book of Mormon with an apologetic entry explaining that it was OK for them to violate the copyright because the book wasn't generally More..

9:26 p.m. Dec. 22, 2010
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IndependentLiberal

Salt Lake City, UT

While some of the newer Translations NIV, NKJV, NASB, ESV, Message, all are copyright protected, the KJV of the Bible is Public Domain in the US. Most put their versions out for free public use such as on BibleGateway and others, you would be in More..

11:16 a.m. Dec. 23, 2010
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Michael De Groote

I am a staff writer for the Deseret News. My current beat is financial responsibility. I also occasionally write on other topics such as faith. I graduated from Arizona State University and from J. Reuben Clark Law School more ..

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