CanonLaw.Ninja will be able to continue its operations with a different translation owned by the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Father Paul Hedman is the priest behind CanonLaw.Ninja. (photo: Father Paul Hedman is the priest behind CanonLaw.Ninja. / Courtesy of Father Paul Hedman)
Canon-law enthusiasts can breathe a sigh of relief.
A popular canon-law website will continue to offer its content to the public despite fears that it would have to shut down because of a copyright dispute over its English translation of the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law.
The website, CanonLaw.Ninja, owned by Father Paul Hedman, will be able to continue its operations with a different translation owned by the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland (CLSGBI).
As CNA reported last Thursday, Father Hedman shared the Canon Law Society of America’s Code of Canon Law on his website for years before receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the organization telling him to take that translation of the Code of Canon Law down by March 17. He was also instructed to destroy all copies on the website and all personal copies unless purchased from the CLSA.
Father Hedman told CNA that the British and Irish CLSGBI offered its translation free of charge, as long as their organization receives proper attribution.
As of this past weekend, the website continues to operate, with the CLSGBI translation now in use.
“The Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland has graciously allowed me to use their translation of the Code of Canon Law,” Father Hedman said in a Tweet on Saturday.
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