# The KJV Is Still Restricted by Copyright

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Podcast: [Selling Jesus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/selling-jesus-6476854)
Published: 2025-02-15T22:08:45+00:00
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## Resource

Read the article. 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 copyright of the Crown in the United Kingdom . Unlike the KJV, some modern translations such as the Berean Standard Bible are public domain worldwide . So while it’s important for a Bible translation to be in the public domain, there are modern translations that fulfill that better than the KJV does. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sellingjesus.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ thedoreanprinciple.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ copy.church

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