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Common Misconception about the KJV

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In the 2026 book entitled God's Word Is Not Bound: Copyright & the Stewardship of Scripture, Andrew Case wrote: "One of the common misconceptions about the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is that it is a universally public domain work -- something many tout as a feature of its superiority to modern copyrighted translations. But most don't realize that it is still under a special perpetual restriction of the Crown in the United Kingdom that essentially operates as a form of copyright. Therefore, an exclusive use of the KJV is not the solution to the problem of copyrighted bibles" (p. 257).

Andrew Case wrote: "Unlike the KJV, some modern translations such as the Berean Standard Bible are public domain worldwide. This means that there are modern translations that fulfill the need for a restriction-free Bible better than the KJV does" (p. 257).

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