Letters : The King James Bible and eternal copyright | Books | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/27/king-james-bible-eternal-copyright
Michael Gove and the government are making a gift of the King James Bible to every school in the UK (Report, 25 November) but continue to restrict how we use it. The crown has a perpetual #copyright on the King James Bible, through “letters patent” originally issued to stop unofficial editions and then to protect the country from ranters, shakers, Quakers, nonconformity and popery.