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Matt Hodgkinson<p>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 <a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/10332/1/GIKII_Colmcille_final.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">oro.open.ac.uk/10332/1/GIKII_C</span><span class="invisible">olmcille_final.pdf</span></a>).</p><p>Diarmaid ruled against him; Colmcille's subsequent rebellion led to 3000 deaths in the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_C%C3%BAl_Dreimhne" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o</span><span class="invisible">f_C%C3%BAl_Dreimhne</span></a></p><p>More in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mmasnick</span></a></span>'s <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/TechDirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechDirt</span></a> article: <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2009/08/20/the-very-first-copyright-trial-in-6th-century-ireland-sounds-really-familiar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2009/08/20/the-ve</span><span class="invisible">ry-first-copyright-trial-in-6th-century-ireland-sounds-really-familiar/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/StColumba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StColumba</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Colmcille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colmcille</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MerryChristmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerryChristmas</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HappyHolidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HappyHolidays</span></a> to all!</p><p>(It's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HootinTootinTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HootinTootinTuesday</span></a> again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>.)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FunnyMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FunnyMeme</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holidays</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ChristmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasTree</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Xmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xmas</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ChristmasMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasMeme</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ChristmasMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasMemes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NativityScenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativityScenes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spoilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spoilers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpoilerAlert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpoilerAlert</span></a> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AdorationOfTheMagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdorationOfTheMagi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StColumba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StColumba</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DutchArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DutchArtists</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RogierVanDerWeyden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogierVanDerWeyden</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Rennaissance_Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rennaissance_Art</span></a></p>
Undiscovered Scotland<p>St Columba's footprints, found on a rocky outcrop overlooking the shore at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula near Southend. One footprint is ancient: but it is said that the other and the (wrong) date were added in 1856. More pics and info: <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/southend/footprintscaves/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/sou</span><span class="invisible">thend/footprintscaves/index.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StColumbasFootprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StColumbasFootprints</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StColumba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StColumba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kintyre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kintyre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Argyll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argyll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Southend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Southend</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UndiscoveredScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UndiscoveredScotland</span></a></p>
Jon Bowie<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StColumba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StColumba</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Cathedral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cathedral</span></a> and a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Oban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oban</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a></p>
Undiscovered Scotland<p>1,427 years ago today. St Columba died in the monastery he had built on the island of Iona on 9 June 597. It would subsequently become one of the most important in Europe. More about St Columba: <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/c/stcolumba.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usb</span><span class="invisible">iography/c/stcolumba.html</span></a> More about Iona Abbey today: <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/iona/abbey/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ion</span><span class="invisible">a/abbey/index.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IonaAbbey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IonaAbbey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Iona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Abbey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abbey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Mull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mull</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StColumba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StColumba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IsleOfIona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsleOfIona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UndiscoveredScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UndiscoveredScotland</span></a></p>
Jon Bowie<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StColumba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StColumba</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Cathedral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cathedral</span></a> in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Oban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oban</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a></p>
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