Fair Use

Please note these guidelines apply to both commercial and non-commercial use.

Text from the Amplified Bible may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic or audio), up to and inclusive of 500 verses or less without written permission, providing the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible, nor do verses quoted account for 25% or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted, and the verses are not being quoted in a commentary or other biblical reference work. This permission is contingent upon an appropriate copyright acknowledgment.

All Amplified Bible quotations must be completely accurate to the Amplified Bible text, including all appropriate punctuation, capitalization, etc. unless specifically approved to the contrary prior to publication.

Anyone who wishes to use the translation in its entirety must submit a request in writing with a self-addressed stamped envelope to receive our application through the mail, or submit a request electronically by using our permission request form.

If your intent is to have your book/work published by a publisher, you must have secured a publisher before we are able to grant you permission. We will need to know specific information about your publication plans, such as the name of your publisher, the print run, and the selling price, before we can proceed with your request. Zondervan is not able to grant you permission to submit your manuscript to publishers.

If you are intending to self-publish your book/work, please indicate this information in the ‘publisher’ field.

Submit your request in writing with a self-addressed stamped envelope to receive our application through the mail, or submit your request electronically by using our permission request form.

Commercial

Commercial use is defined as the use of any product offered for sale, lease, rental or barter on any level, or use in advertising.

Fees are determined based on the amount of material being used, the distribution of that material, and whether your usage is defined as commercial or non-commercial. All of our fees are established to compensate our authors fairly for further usage of their copyrighted material.

Rights and permission to quote from the Amplified Bible in printed media intended for commercial use that exceeds the above guidelines must be directed to, and approved in writing, by:

Zondervan
Attn: Permission Administrator
5300 Patterson Avenue S.E. B-6
Grand Rapids, MI 49530

Submit a request in writing with a self-addressed stamped envelope to receive our application through the mail, or submit a request electronically by using our permission request form.

Non - Commercial

Non-commercial use is defined as the opposite of the definition of commercial use given above and generally means free provision of the medium in which the Amplified Bible text is used. Most usage by local churches would fall into this category.

Rights and permission to quote from the Amplified Bible in media intended for non-commercial use which exceeds the above guidelines must be directed to, and approved in writing, by:

The Lockman Foundation
PO Box 2279
La Habra, CA 90632-2279
Fax: 714-879-3058

A. Written Use

Works using Amplified Bible quotations must include one of the following copyright notices (whichever one is most appropriate):

1. Scripture taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
   
2. Scripture quotations marked (AMP) are taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
   
3. All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

B. Church Use

When quotations from the Amplified Bible text are used in such non-commercial media as church bulletins, orders of service, bulletin boards, posters not offered for sale, overhead projection transparencies not offered for sale, or similar media used in the course of religious instruction or services at a place of worship or other religious assembly, the following notice may be used at the end of each quotation: “(AMP)”.

Zondervan handles the following types of requests:

• Print
• Electronic/audio/video/film

Permission Request Form

For further inquiries please email: zpermissions@ zondervan.com