Jersey Girl wrote:was the word of God given directly to him in order to bring about the restoration of the early Christian Church, the true word of God. Why did he try to sell the copyright to the Book of Mormon?
Jersey Girl
He allegedly tried to sell the Canadian copyrite, most likely to raise some money.
Jersey Girl wrote:was the word of God given directly to him in order to bring about the restoration of the early Christian Church, the true word of God. Why did he try to sell the copyright to the Book of Mormon?
Jersey Girl
He allegedly tried to sell the Canadian copyrite, most likely to raise some money.
To raise money would be the likely answer. If the attempt to sell the copyright had been successful, wouldn't Joseph Smith have lost control over how the book was used?
Jersey Girl wrote:was the word of God given directly to him in order to bring about the restoration of the early Christian Church, the true word of God. Why did he try to sell the copyright to the Book of Mormon?
Jersey Girl
He allegedly tried to sell the Canadian copyrite, most likely to raise some money.
To raise money would be the likely answer. If the attempt to sell the copyright had been successful, wouldn't Joseph Smith have lost control over how the book was used?
While he might have lost the ability to publish the book in Canada, he wouldn't have lost the ability to sell the book there or even in publish/sell the book in the United States. During this period of time, the United States refused to recognize any foreign copyright. And while in Canada, publishers had to pay certain fees to copyright holders, they often did not publish much written material there for popular consumption, as the US was simply smuggling in books that could be sold at prices that undercut the Canadian market - furthermore, the customs officials tended to ignore these kinds of imports (for a variety of reasons), even after laws were passed attempting to respond to US copyright practices.