Vatican copyrights Papal writings

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>
Date: January 23, 2006 3:26:51 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Vatican copyrights Papal writings

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2c%2c13509-2005615%2c00.html

THE Vatican has been accused of trying to cash in on the Pope?s words
after it decided to impose strict copyright on all papal pronouncements.

For the first time all papal documents, including encyclicals, will be
governed by copyright invested in the official Vatican publishing
house, the Libreria Editrice Vaticana.

The edict covers Pope Benedict XVI?s first encyclical, which is to be
issued this week amid huge international interest. The edict is
retroactive, covering not only the writings of the present pontiff ? as
Pope and as cardinal ? but also those of his predecessors over the past
50 years. It therefore includes anything written by John Paul II, John
Paul I, Paul VI and John XXIII.

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                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb




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