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Joe Breathnach Jun 15, 2025

An Nuacht ar ExtraG.ie ... Mí BRÓDúil! Ach tá #Trump ag cur srian ar na ceiliúradh in Éirinn agus Meiriceá + #Whistleblower: Fuair 'consultants' na mílte euro sa bhreis i scéim ‘cash for scan’ + Sa bhaile le Damien Comer – laoch na Gaillimhe ag streachailt le gortú + Neamhaird ar an Naomh: Is laoch dár linne é #Colmcille, a chuir foréigean ar leataobh ar mhaithe le grá agus foghlaim

Matt Hodgkinson Mar 17, 2025

In a speech at the High Court of King Diarmaid in 6th Century Ireland, St. Columba aka Colmcille advocated for the right to copy books ~1500 years before the Budapest Open Access Initiative (Ray Corrigan, 2007 http://oro.open.ac.uk/10332/1/GIKII_Colmcille_final.pdf).

Diarmaid ruled against him; Colmcille's subsequent rebellion led to 3000 deaths in the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_C%C3%BAl_Dreimhne

More in @mmasnick's #TechDirt article: https://www.techdirt.com/2009/08/20/the-very-first-copyright-trial-in-6th-century-ireland-sounds-really-familiar/

#OpenAccess #StColumba #Colmcille #IrishHistory #Copyright