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Hello everyone; welcome to My biblical Research Web Guide. I am an everyday guy that loves to research and spread the message of Jesus. Everything on my site is directly from scriptures.

About myself

Hello there, I’m Brian. You can call me Mr. Theology Man. I was born and raised as a Catholic from birth. I was taught religion by my grandparents who were Roman Catholics.

Growing up I attended church. I was baptized. I did my first communion. I attended Sunday School or CCD, which stands for Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.

I was a very active child growing up. I participated in lent, I always did blessings before eating. I did everything a Christian would do.

Everything shifted once I got into school. My school taught me about Darwinian Evolution, the big bang theory and their ideas of world history. Unfortunately, I never believed in those ideas. I’ve always though they were propagated by the devil to stray us away from God.

As time passed I leaned to view the world from god’s word and not from man’s word. I currently attend a local church in my area every Sunday. It’s honestly the best I’ve been to. They really do a great job preaching the word of god; however; there were a few times where they didn’t fully explain something or relayed their message correctly, but otherwise it’s a great place to worship.

Copyright section

I currently use the original King James Version Bible. I personally believe that this is the best translation to use.

If I understand correctly, the King James Version of the Bible is copyrighted in the UK but nowhere else. I live in the US. So question, If I upload a copy of it to my Web site (which is hosted in the US), is that legal? The answer might surprise you.

Well yes, it’s perfectly legal to do so. According to the page “Rights and Permissions: KJV” from Cambridge University; The copyright protection of the king James version bible doesn’t apply in the US, nor in any place ouside the UK (or possibly even in the British Commonwealth).

If a person resident in the US uploads a copy of the KJV to a site hosted in the US, no US copyright has been infringed, nor has any US law has been broken.

Here’s the situation: If the site is accessible from the UK, a suit could be brought under UK law for infringement of Crown Copyright. (Whether the relevant UK authorities would choose to bring such a suit I cannot say.) If there was a judgement for the plaintiff, any property that the defendant (the uploader) has in the UK could be subject to seizure for pay the judgement. The UK court could ask a US court to enforce the judgement!

Here’s the verdict: In this case I am fairly sure the US court would refuse, because of the First Amendment. The up loader would not be subject to arrest in the UK, because this is not a criminal matter. But if the uploader brought any property into the UK, it might be subject to seizure to pay the existing judgement. To respond to a question in the comments, the KJV is not protected by ordinary copyright law, but by a Royal Prerogative Monopoly, a relic of the period when the Crown licensed all printing and distribution of religious works. See “A Four Century Copyright: Free the King James!” and sources linked from that page.

So in terms of a blog that Chronicles in details about the bible purely for educational purposes, such as preaching, especially in the United States, it is perfectly LEGAL to do so as I would not need violating copyright laws in any manner!

I should also remember that Most translators want the Bible to be used as a source of inspiration and instruction. Because of this (and because they don’t want to end up in one of the Circles of Hell) they will generally allow 300-500 verses to be quoted without written permission. It’s usually stated in the indicia portion of the Book. My experience has been that if more are needed for a particular project, such as a devotional or a commentary, a polite request and an explanation of the project’s purpose works wonders. You can also download a software program called The Word at no cost with all sorts of quoting options.

Also note that Almost all provisions granting copyright in perpetuity were abolished by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 but because the Authorized Version is protected by royal prerogative rather than copyright, it will remain protected, as specified in CDPA s171(1)(b)

Now because I’ll be using the 1611 King James Translation, I won’t have to worry about it being copyrighted, as the copywrite expires 70 years after the death of the author’s. But Of course, All modern annotated versions of the King James are another matter.

Please keep in mind that For dozens of Bible translations in various languages, there’s a site that tells you whether or not the work is public domain, and if not, who holds the rights. https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/

So from my blog point of view, I’m am well within my right to use the source material from the bible without violating current copyright laws!

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Using public domain images on a website is generally safe as they are free from copyright restrictions. You can use them for any purpose, including commercial use, without needing permission or attribution. However, it’s always good practice to confirm the image’s public domain status.

Using https://picryl.com is a very good source for checking the public domain status of photos.

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The Fair Use Laws!

Fair use is a principle in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder, such as for commentary, criticism, news reporting, teaching, or research.

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