Month: February 2017

Believe it or not, some people keep trying to claim copyright ownership on a creative work that was already in the Public Domain due to copyright expiration. This is kind of like some random person trying to charge extra for admission to public land that is supposed to be free to access. That is because copyright …

A friend asked me about a Bible site and said it seemed like one was a duplication of effort. Maybe it is, but if it is, it is a good kind of duplication of effort. Have you ever walked along Waikiki and noticed the ABC stores? Are they duplication of effort or smart marketing? They …

Counting Bibles is kind of like counting Israelites in the Old Testament. Sometimes God commanded a census be taken. Sometimes He specifically didn’t want a census to be taken, and punished King David for doing so at the wrong time. There are some good reasons to count digital Bibles and some good reasons not to. …

If you are involved in decision making concerning licensing of copyrighted Bibles or in translating Bibles, this is for you. The issues of copyright, licensing, and Bibles are more complex than I thought they were. I thought that I knew enough about these issues back when I was manager of the Publications and Computer Training …