They can also protect the UBS4/NA27 text itself with the copyright.
Without a copyright, then anyone else (like the JW's) is free to alter
the text and publish it and say it is UBS4/NA27. I don't think any of
us want that to happen.
They wouldn't be able to publish it as NA or UBS because thos
You are not the first to present this skewed logic. We need an FAQ. The
NA27/UBS4 are eclectic critical texts compiled from scores of manuscripts.
The work is done by vocational scholars. (1 Timothy 5:18) While there is a
goal of being faithful to the originals, no one claims that they have
achieve
At 10:28 AM 3/11/2003 -0500, Matthew Donadio wrote:
They can also protect the UBS4/NA27 text itself with the copyright.
Not if they say it is in fact the original NT texts. And if they don't make
that claim, they can only protect their differences from other texts, where
those differences are "cr
"Rev. Michael Paul Johnson" wrote:
> They can make more money on it if they claim a copyright and enough
> people believe their claim. Never underestimate the power of profit
> motives in Bible publication. (I prefer a prophet motive, myself.)
They can also protect the UBS4/NA27 text itself with t
At 15:04 11-03-03 +1100, you wrote:
A question for the curious about
the NA27 UBS4 module... Why is it subject to copyright restriction?
Obviously the editors would claim that every effort has been made that it
should be identical to the original 2000 year old writing. If they
claimed copyright t
