Biblical Hebrew Forum

["kenneth greifer" <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

Maybe this is not the right place to ask, but I don't know who else to ask. 
Is the Tanakh in Hebrew copyrighted? I have seen many books and internet 
sites that say they are copyrighted, but I thought the Torah was public 
domain. Is it because they use their own Hebrew fonts or is it something 
else? I have heard that you can only copyright the source code for a web 
site.

Also, when scholars write books, do they type in all of the Hebrew quotes 
from the Tanakh themselves or do they use ready-made quotes copied from a 
book or a cd? Do they have to get permission from a publisher and pay for 
the right to quote the Hebrew or do they have a public domain version? Is 
there a public domain Hebrew Tanakh on CD that anyone can use even if it was 
for commercial purposes?

Sincerely,

Kenneth Greifer

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