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Vatican City, 1st Jun 2005 (CNA)
- Earlier today, the Holy See announced that
Pope Benedict XVI has decided to entrust care and
exclusive rights of his large body of writings, to
the Vatican Publishing House.
The Publishing House will now control all
copyrighting and hold exclusive rights to sales
and utilization of what the Vatican Press Office
called, the “acts, works and writings written by
him prior to his elevation to the Chair of
Peter.”
Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano,
wrote in a statement today that, "without
prejudicing the rights acquired by third parties
concerning contacts already concluded with the
author, from now on the Vatican Publishing House
is also entrusted with the exercise and protection
of the copyright concerning contracts still in
force". |