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  • From: MarjorieAlley AT cs.com
  • To: greifer AT hotmail.com, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] tanakh in hebrew and copyright rules
  • Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:49:58 EDT

Hi ---

I hope someone will jump in and answer Kenneth's question. It is something I
have wondered about myself. I don't know if the day will ever come when I
actually have an article ready to submit for publication, but I would be
interested in knowing what the guidelines are.

Thanks,
Marjorie Alley


In a message dated 7/22/2006 11:29:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
greifer AT hotmail.com writes:


> 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?
>
>






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