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  • From: "Kevin W. Woodruff" <cierpke AT prodigy.net>
  • To: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>, Biblical Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] re- copyright laws
  • Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:20:57 -0700 (PDT)

Gentlemen:

Here is a page giving the terms of copyright and
public domain. I hope this clears up the confusion

http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm

--- "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
wrote:

> Dear Dave,
>
> >I'm surprised to hear that BDB and Gesenius might
> still be under copyright. I
> >suppose the copyright on Gesenius may have been
> renewed by somebody, but
> >looking at the shelves of my local Christian
> bookstore, it would appear that
> >most anybody with a scanner and a truckload of
> paper can print BDB...
>
> HH: Yes, it is copyrighted. Look at the publication
> page in Gesenius'
> Hebrew Grammar. It says:
>
> All rights reserved. No part of this publication may
> be reproduced,
> stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any
> form or by any
> means electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
> recording, or otherwise,
> without the prior permission of Oxford University
> Press
>
> HH: Maybe you're looking at the products of people
> who obtained such
> prior permission.
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
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Prof. Kevin W. Woodruff, M.Div., M.S.I.S.
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