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@elibrarian:
Copyright law usually has some exceptions, for example for works which are issued by a bureau of the state. martienne said that this is the case for the Swedish Bible 2000, so even distribution would be legal for him and other Swedish citizens, maybe even internationally.
@martienne:
Copyright is very important, because it can make all efforts void regardless of the technical ability to transform and/or use it. Therefore, everyone who deals with any text is or should be quite concerned about licensing, and if we ask, it is to determine if the Swedish Bible 2000 can be used freely by everyone or not. Furthermore, if it couldn't, you would cause yourself and potentially others some serious trouble by ignoring such issues. But as you described, it seems that in this case everything is fine, and at least for me that's a valuable information, that the Swedish language has a bible text that can be used freely, as other languages have not.
@elibrarian:
I don't think that copyright is of any good for making a living from one's art, because this goes to the expense and harm of both the reader and society as a whole by the abuse of copyright for restrictive licensing. It's way better to make a living from making art, not from artificially restricting access to the art that is produced, especially in our digital times.
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