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According to the the Derivative Copyright Law,
the New King James Version is different enough from the King James
Bible to be considered a new work or it contains a substantial amount of new
material that is original and copyrightable in itself.
A typical example of a derivative work
received for registration in the Copyright Office is one that is primarily a
new work but incorporates some previously published material. This
previously published material makes the work a derivative work under the
copyright law. To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different
enough from the original to be regarded as a "new work" or must contain a
substantial amount of new material. Making minor changes or additions of
little substance to a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new
version for copyright purposes. The new material must be original and
copyrightable in itself. (1)
Thomas Nelson Publishers had to make substantial changes to the text of
the King James Bible to obtain a copyright. They accomplished this by using
multi-syllabic words and more complex phrases to replace the simple words and
phrasing found in the King James Bible.
notes: (1) Derivative Work--Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work
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