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Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

Jonathan Brink — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:52:20 -0000

LOL

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

the Apostle Paul — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:19:46 -0000

Those who are alive in Christ never really die, Jonathan.

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Jonathan Brink — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:14:24 -0000

You go Paul. I'm right behind you of the Supreme Court will listen. BTW, did you discover some kind of new resurrection or something?

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

the Apostle Paul — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:22:08 -0000

Brother Jonathan,

You are most certainly correct that copyright laws have limited lifetimes. However, I am hoping to set a new precedent. There is an assumption in copyright law that works enter public domain a certain number of years after somebody dies. But, I am not dead. I am hoping to take this to the supreme court.

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

Jonathan Brink — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:32:10 -0000

Michael, here's an interesting twist from Zondervan. Paul's would have no basis in court because his work would essentially have come public domain by now. Copyright laws have limited lifetimes. And Zondervan's NIV Bible is an interpretation of his words, not the words themselves, so the lawyers would easily win. Sorry Paul but you are out of luck.

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

Michael Cline — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:06:56 -0000

I'm surprised Zondervan doesn't fire back with "there have been so many recent dispute as to whether or not you really wrote any of these letters, Paul, that it is hard to conceived giving you any share of the profits. All our lawyers/researchers agree with the new scholarship, not the 1,5000 year traditional view."

The "falling out of Paul" is something I've been thinking a lot about. If we just go so hardcore into our "jesus-following" that we forget about Paul's interpretation of Jesus' life,death, and ressurection, and what that means for us--we might as well call Raushenbusch back up and have him direct every move we make. No trinity, no atonement, just Jesus and us, building the Kingdom day by day.

Uh oh.

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

Jason Barr — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:58:39 -0000

Jonathan - especially when you consider that if you follow the trail of ownership to its highest level, Zondervan is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

In fact quite a large chunk of the Christian publishing industry is done by subsidiary houses of major publishing companies, which are often tied to corporate conglomerates (if not conglomerates themselves).

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

joe troyer — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:59:37 -0000

"Look, I don’t want to be an ass. I just want what’s mine."

that is the best line in the whole article. You think Paul will let me quote him?

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

Jonathan Brink — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:45:50 -0000

It's kind of sad but with all that money being made on the Bible it kind of makes you wonder what the motivation is for selling all those Bibles.

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

Jason Barr — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:45:20 -0000

There's already a satirical Christian news site - Lark News. It's not specifically radical, but it's often on target. And it's generally quite humorous.

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

Danny — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:50:15 -0000

This is a great article!

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Michael — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:48:30 -0000

This is great! It would be nice to see a radical Christian version of the Onion!

Re: Apostle Paul Sues Publishers for Copyright Infringement

Erik — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:50:36 -0000

I hope Zondervan and Paul can reach a settlement out of court. Sure this is a concept taught in scripture but Zondervan might find it all too convenient that many of the verses in question were written by Paul.