Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Kevin W. Woodruff" <cierpke AT prodigy.net>]

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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