8 Oct 2003
CS 6210: Module 10
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Jerome’s translation of the Bible
ˇPerhaps the first copyright dispute
ˇIn 521, the Irish missionary Columba secretly copied a very treasured translation of the Bible. When his master Finnian found out, he demanded that Columba turn over the copy. Columba refused and the matter went to the High King of Ireland, Diarmit.
ˇWhat do you guess the ruling was?
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Lerner, The story of libraries, p. 41