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How a Book of Mormon copyright dispute almost led to a fist fight

The Book of Mormon title page on the Grandin press on display at the LDS Church Museum in Salt Lake City April 16, 2009.

The Book of Mormon title page on the Grandin press on display at the LDS Church Museum in Salt Lake City April 16, 2009. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)


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Joseph Smith was forced to defend the copyright for the Book of Mormon before it was even published. His defense was a legal one, though his opponent offered to settle the matter with hand-to-hand combat.

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