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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
Given that none of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (renamed the House of Windsor in 1910) are descended from King James I, therefore they have no legitimate claim.  The Church of England (headed by the monarch) might be able to claim copyright, though not under current copyright treaties (unless there's been a special exception made somewhere, obviously) |
Obviously, the royalties for sales of the Bible go to the Catholic church, because they were the ones who assembled the original Latin text that was later translated to English. Except, no, translators also get royalties, so the C of E also gets some. (Or the Lutherans? Both?) Possibly, royalties should be equally split among the entire membership of all involved organizations.
Pagan groups would be substantially disadvantaged, until they lay claim to copyright on the various pre-Christian artistic works; I can think of several Hellenic Reconstructionist groups that would benefit from royalties from sales of the Iliad.