Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
The King James bible is still in copyright in the UK - it has a perpetual "crown copyright". The fact that a work is copyrighted does not prevent one from quoting from it; that's covered by "fair use".
|
While that is an interesting exception, I don't see how that would compensate for, let alone negate, the loss we would've experienced if Shakespeare wouldn't have been allowed to write his own version of R&J. (if you forgive my use of hyperbolae)