Re: copyright in the dead sea scrolls? how?

amalyah keshet wrote:
>

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> Of course no one has copyright to the contents of the Dead Sea
> Scrolls. The case which has been brought up in these discussions
> concerned a scholar's claim to copyright in his own writings, i.e. his
> proposed transliteration/transcription/restoration of the text of a
> certain scroll fragment, published without his agreement. The
> (Israeli) court found in his favor; the case is being appealed to the
> Israeli Supreme Court.

Doesn't that make a lot more sense (and better law)?

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