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THOMAS
NELSON PUBLISHERS POLICY
FOR USE OF NEW KING JAMES VERSION I.
GENERAL STATEMENT
A.
Uses not requiring
written permission.
Printed, Visual and Electronic Uses: Up to 1,000 verses
(inclusive) from assorted books of the New King James Version (NKJV)
may be quoted in printed (e.g., book, brochure, magazine,
newsletter, lesson outline), visual (e.g., film, video tape), and electronic forms (e.g., computer diskette, CD-ROM,
on-line) without written permission, as long as the verses quoted do
not amount to 50% of a complete book of the Bible and do not make up
50% or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted. These uses of the NKJV
must be acknowledged by an appropriate copyright notice as listed in
Section II of this policy statement.
Permission is contingent upon an appropriate copyright
acknowledgment. Audible
Uses: Up to 250 verses
(inclusive) from assorted books of the NKJV may be quoted in audible
(e.g., audio recording, sermons, radio and TV broadcasts) form
without written permission as long as the verses quoted do not
amount to 50% of a complete book of the Bible and do not make up 50%
or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted.
Use of the NKJV on audio
recordings (e.g., audio cassettes, CDs) must be acknowledged by an
appropriate copyright notice, as listed in Section II of this
policy statement, on the label of each copy of the audio recording.
Permission is contingent upon an appropriate copyright
acknowledgment. Musical
Uses: The NKJV may be quoted
in print or recorded music without written permission as long as the
NKJV text portion does not make up 50% or more of the total lyrics
of the song. Use of the NKJV in print
or recorded music must be acknowledged by an appropriate copyright
notice, as listed in Section II of this policy statement.
Permission is contingent upon an appropriate copyright
acknowledgment.
Quotations must conform accurately to the NKJV text,
including appropriate spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and
special text formats.
Within 30 days following the printed, visual, electronic,
audible, or musical use of the NKJV, two complete copies of a work
using quotations from the NKJV
(except for sermons, church bulletins, orders of service,
Sunday School lessons, church newsletters, and similar works) must
be sent to the following address:
Thomas Nelson Publishers, Attn:
Bible Rights and Permissions, 501 Nelson Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37214-1000.
When cases where NKJV is used online, written notice of the web page
address is required. B.
Uses requiring written
permission.
Printed, Visual, Electronic,
Audible and Musical Uses: Use of the NKJV text
beyond the limitations of Section A above requires written
permission. Requests
for rights or permission should be made in writing (no e-mail) to
Thomas Nelson Publishers, Attn: Bible Rights and Permissions,
P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214-1000. Requests
should state (1) the exact portions to be quoted; (2) the
estimated percentage of the total text of the work made up of the
NKJV text; (3) the use in which the NKJV will be quoted (e.g. book,
computer product, audio cassette, musical composition); (4) any
material to be included in the work, such as additional text,
illustrations, photos, etc.; (5) the purpose, number of copies or
reproductions, and distribution of the use in which the NKJV is
quoted; and (6) the sale or lease price of the work, or other income
to be received. II.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE Any use
of the NKJV text must include a proper copyright notice or
acknowledgment. A.
Printed, visual ,
and audible uses: Works using NKJV
quotations must include one of the following copyright notices
(whichever one is most appropriate) placed on the title or copyright
page of a printed work, the credits of a visual work, or on the
label of an audible work or accompanying a musical composition: 1.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version.
Copyright © 1982
by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used
by permission. All
rights reserved. 2.
Scripture quotations marked “NKJV” are taken from the New
King James Version. Copyright
© 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Used by permission. All
rights reserved. 3.
All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are
taken from the New King James Version.
Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Used by permission. All
rights reserved. B.
musical uses:
Each printed copy of the song and each phonorecord of the
song must display the acknowledgment:
Lyrics from the New King James Version, copyright © 1982
Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used
by permission. C.
Electronic use: In electronic media the
Nelson copyright notice, “New King James Version, Copyright ©
1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.”, must be displayed
when the program or on-line address is initialized, along with the
following notice: “Bible text from
the New King James Version is not to be reproduced in copies or
otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by Thomas
Nelson, Inc., Attn: Bible
Rights and Permissions, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN
37214-1000.”
In addition, “NKJV” must appear on any print-out of
verses. D.
Church use: When quotations from the
NKJV text are used in church bulletins, orders of service, Sunday
School lessons, church newsletters and similar works in the course
of religious instruction or services at a place of worship or other
religious assembly, the following notice is to be used at the end of
each quotation: “NKJV”. III. SPECIAL
APPROVALS FOR DISPLAY OF NEW KING JAMES VERSION If the words “New King
James Version” or “NKJV” are displayed or featured prominently
with a work, such as on a book cover, advertising of a product, or
on the title page of any product in which the NKJV has been used,
approval from Thomas Nelson Publishers for such display is required
prior to release of the product.
A prototype of the book cover, advertising material, or title
page is to be mailed or faxed to Thomas Nelson Publishers for
review. IV.
TRANSLATION RIGHTS
The translation of any portion of the NKJV into another
language without the express written consent of Thomas Nelson
Publishers is prohibited. V.
Additional Information
about NKJV Rights and Permissions
Questions
or requests for further information should be directed to:
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Attn: Bible Rights and Permissions
P.O. Box 141000 |
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