The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Legal Definition of Authorship

Hector MacQueen

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Legal Definition of Authorship

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Abstract

The paper discusses the debate arising from the Israeli case of Qimron v Shanks (2000) about the copyright (if any) in reconstructive editorial work on ancient documents, focusing particularly on the example provided by the Dead Sea Scrolls but also referring to other examples, in particular that of music, debated in the English Court of Appeal in Hyperion Records v Sawkins. It is argued that such reconstructive work attracts and deserves copyright for the reconstructing editor, and the opposed position is analysed critically.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Edinburgh, School of Law, Working Papers
Number of pages	30
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2014

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Name	Edinburgh Law School Working Papers
No.	2014/32

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Copyright
Reconstructive editorial work
Originality
Moral rights
Dead Sea Scrolls

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The scrolls and the legal definition of authorship
MacQueen, H., 2010, The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Lim, T. H. & Collins, J. J. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 723-748 26 p. (Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology).
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