The Lds don’t have copyrights to it...because Joseph’s first wife, Emma, retained that when Smith died. Emma never went West with the Brighamite Mormons. Hence, she and her sons helped jumpstart the RLDS church, which has the copyright.
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The LDS claim that, but MrR and I have discussed it and the JST is now in the public domain, the LDS could use it if they wanted to, in its entirety.
Interesting. I hadn’t heard that.