The Bible and Copyright

William Patry, a Senior Copyright Counsel for Google Inc. and the former copyright counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, has written a post, “The Bible and Copyright,” in which he addresses my post in which I wrote that violation of copyright laws is stealing. In his post, Patry also discusses rabbinical sources that address copyright issues.

His conclusion:

“The Tosefta (Baba Kamma 7:3), far from condemning use of other’s words without their permission as “theft” regards it as meritorious, so long as credit is given.”

Read Patry’s article by visiting the The Patry Copyright Blog

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Bible, Copyright