[sdiy] new CD / copyright for cover art

[Rude 66]

heh heh.. i've used parts of the bible as cover art for a record and gotten
away with it..(though maybe not, because the first edition of the covers
burned in a chicago warehouse fire.. hmmm..).. this was the infamous Kultbox
records for the old-timers among us..;-)

.. this got me thinking: who owns the copyright to bible material anyway? or
is it 'public domain'?

isn't some art in the public domain too, like some songs for instance?

r./

(slowly sliding town the on-topic scale..)

----- Original Message -----
From: "mark verbos" <a0284520 at addcom.de>
To: "synth DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] new CD / copyright for cover art


> hey. we all know God himself did not right the bible. It is just man,
> spreading his message. He couldn't copyright that.
>
>
> get it together.
>
> ;)
>
>
> Terrence McWee wrote:
>
> >
> > PS: As an afterthought, it's a sad state of affairs that we've all
> > become so legally gun-shy that we even think twice about putting an
> > image that 1) belongs to the world and 2) is fundamental to the
> > Western envisioning of Hell, to artistic use.  It seems we're half a
> > step from checking ourselves before quoting Plato or the Bible--
> > afterall, that old Greek bastard or God might sue us.
> >
> >
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>