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From: bcsaic!carroll@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Jeff Carroll)
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Subject: Re: RSV copyright
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Date: 29 Jul 90 17:48:26 GMT
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In article <Jul.24.15.01.09.1990.27292@athos.rutgers.edu> dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) writes:
>In article <Jul.20.02.32.19.1990.17209@athos.rutgers.edu>, sacg1198@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott A Cattanach) writes...
>>Does anyone out there know about copyright law?  Namely, I heard that 
>>the RSV was written at the turn of the century and the copyright could
>>expire.  Anyone know?  Can we put a non-KJV out on the net (finally :-)?

	The RSV was written (and copyrighted) in the 1950s. It is a
revision of the American Standard Version, which was done in the time
frame you're thinking of.

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>Thus, in general, anything published prior to 1922 will be public
>domain (barring a special law). Writing to the registrar of
>copyrights in Washington DC (I don't have an address handy) can
>reveal the status of any registered work (any thing published
>prior to 1962 and not registered is automatically public domain).

The RSV was published and copyrighted by the National Council of
Churches in the 1950s (different years for the Old and New Testaments).
The copyright is clearly still in force.

	Jeff Carroll
	carroll@atc.boeing.com