The Vatican Publishing House has its own constitution and owns the copyright to all the writings of the Pope and has always enforced the copyright.
The Vatican Publishing House (Italian: Libreria Editrice Vaticana; Latin: Officina libraria editoria Vaticana; LEV) is a publisher established by the Holy See in 1926. It has its own constitution and its own rules. The company owns the copyright to all the writings of the Pope, but did not start enforcing the copyright until the accession of Pope Benedict XVI. 
