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Joe Breathnachjoebreathnach@mastodon.world
2025-06-15

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 Hodgkinsonmattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz
2025-03-17

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 oro.open.ac.uk/10332/1/GIKII_C).

Diarmaid ruled against him; Colmcille's subsequent rebellion led to 3000 deaths in the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o

More in @mmasnick's #TechDirt article: techdirt.com/2009/08/20/the-ve

#OpenAccess #StColumba #Colmcille #IrishHistory #Copyright

"My friend's claim seeks to apply a worn out law to a new reality. Books are different to other chattels (possessions) and the law should recognise this. Learned men like us, who have received a new heritage of knowledge through books, have an obligation to spread that knowledge, by copying and distributing those books far and wide. I haven't used up Finnian's book by copying it. He still has the original and that original is none the worse for my having copied it. Nor has it decreased in value because I made a transcript of it. The knowledge in books should be available to anybody who wants to read them and has the skills or is worthy to do so; and it is wrong to hide such knowledge away or to attempt to extinguish the divine things that books contain. It is wrong to attempt to prevent me or anyone else from copying it or reading it or making multiple copies to disperse throughout the land. In conclusion I submit that it was permissible for me to copy the book because, although I benefited from the hard work involved in the transcription, I gained no worldly profit from the process, I acted for the good of society in general and neither Finnian nor his book were harmed."
marcasmarcas@mastodon.scot
2024-11-19

Come along with me to Dublin for the IMRAM festival, supported by ColmCille at the Smock Alley Theatre!

#Gàidhlig #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #IMRAM #FéileIMRAM #ColmCille #ForasNaGaeilge #BòrdNaGàidhlig #Dublin #Ireland #Éire #SmockAlley #SmockAlleyTheatre #GloineNaMara #BaileÁthaCliath #BÁC #Filíocht #LitríochtGhaeilge #Litreachas #LitreachasGàidhlig #GaelicLiterature #GaelicPoetry #Poetry #Translation

marcasmarcas@mastodon.scot
2024-11-19

Thigibh comhla rium gu Baile Àtha Cliath airson Fèis IMRAM le taic Maoin Chaluim Chille aig Taigh-cluiche Smock Alley!

#Gàidhlig #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #IMRAM #FéileIMRAM #ColmCille #ForasNaGaeilge #BòrdNaGàidhlig #Dublin #Ireland #Éire #SmockAlley #SmockAlleyTheatre #GloineNaMara #BaileÁthaCliath #BÁC #Filíocht #LitríochtGhaeilge #Litreachas #LitreachasGàidhlig #GaelicLiterature #GaelicPoetry #Poetry #Translation

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