What's Leaky up to? (was Re: Prayers For Lexicon Steve)

[Annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> Dumbledad:
> <SNIP>
> As a non-HP non-copyright example when I'm looking things up in the
> bible I make extensive use of an old edition of Cruden's concordance
> that my dad gave me. All Cruden did was to pore through the bible 
and
> provide an index where one can look up any word and see which verses
> contain it. <SNIP>
> 
> Alla:
> 
> But this is Bible. Who will be copyright holder in this instance? I 
> mean I know you said non-copyright example, but to me it is the 
key, 
> there is no living person to do so, no? And I am asking, because 
who 
> knows maybe there is a designated living person to do so and I have 
no 
> clue.
>

Annemehr:

I've just looked in the fronts of two bibles.  One uses parts of 
other texts by permission.  The other is copyright by the publisher, 
who, I can only guess, probably paid for its particular translation, 
as that bible was translated directly from ancient sources.  

I suppose anyone could do anything they want with, say, a King James 
version.  I don't have one of those to look at.