Copyright and Divine Inspirations

Who owns the copyright of the ten commandmens?

An interesting case on author's rights has been reported by the upper district court in Frankfurt (Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main) here. The copyright dispute dealt with a text for which the author had allegedly experienced "divine inspiration" from Jesus.

The defendant argued that the copyright thus belongs to Jesus and not to his humble servant who had only received the dictation from Jesus and thus played the role of a typist without any creative freedom.

The court disagreed. According to the judgement, any inspiration from the other side has to be entirely attributed to its receiving person.