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The KJV Is Still Restricted by Copyright

The KJV Is Still Restricted by Copyright

Update: 2025-02-15
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One of the common misconceptions about the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is that it is a universally public domain work—something many tout as a feature of its superiority to modern copyrighted translations. But most don’t realize that it is still under a special perpetual copyright of the Crown in the United Kingdom.

Unlike the KJV, some modern translations such as the ⁠Berean Standard Bible⁠ are public domain worldwide. So while it’s important for a Bible translation to be in the public domain, there are modern translations that fulfill that better than the KJV does.

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The KJV Is Still Restricted by Copyright

The KJV Is Still Restricted by Copyright

Andrew Case