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I have to wonder exactly what constitutes a "unique Bible."

On 23 Mar 2006 at 7:34, Yigal Levin wrote:

> http://www.mechon-mamre.org/, who have several Hebrew versions (with and 
> without vowel and cantilation marks) claim the following:
> 
> All of the material in this site is copyrighted.  We are often asked how we 
> can claim a copyright in a public domain book like The Bible.  While it is 
> quite true that no one can have a copyright that excludes all others from 
> preparing their own unique copy of the Bible or other public domain works 
> for copyright protection, our Bibles and other materials are not exactly 
> like any others and are fully protected by copyright laws in all countries. 
> If you want to prepare your own unique Bible or other Torah materials for 
> the Web, we are open to giving help and advice toward that end.
> 
> You may use materials from this site only for your private study, not for 
> publishing in any form, including any Web site.  Under our liberal 
> understanding of the Fair Use Doctrine, you may use a few short quotations 
> from our site in any other work, including copyrighted publications.  Any 
> other use requires written permission from us.
> 
> We can be reached by regular mail at Mechon Mamre, 12 Hayyim Vital 
> St.,Jerusalem, ISRAEL 95470, by phone at 972-2-652-1906, and by email at 
> mtr AT mechon-mamre.org (we speak and write only Hebrew and English).
> 
> 
> 
> I think that means that if you want to copy short passages, that't okay, 
> but 
> whole pages or chapters, not. But ask them, and maybe enlighten us with 
> their answer.
> 
> Yigal Levin
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <MarjorieAlley AT cs.com>
> To: <greifer AT hotmail.com>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 5:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] tanakh in hebrew and copyright rules
> 
> 
> > 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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Dave Washburn
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