<p align="justify"><font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The
First Case in History</strong></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
first historic mention of Copyright, which set the universal
precedent, can be traced to 6th Century Celtic Ireland.
It is contained in a judgement of Diarmaid, High King of
Ireland – the legal equivalent of today’s Supreme
Court – in his finding against the Christian missionary
Columba, founder of monastic rule, later canonised as Saint
Columcille, who had become and incorrigible plagiarist.(The
very same St.Columba that settled in Iona in Scotland).</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Columcille
had taken to visiting monasteries, borrowing books from
their libraries and having his own monks copy them for him
to distribute. At one stage, a certain Abbot, on hearing
that Columcille was on his way to visit, buried his complete
library in the Orchard, provoking the frustrated Columcille
to put a curse on the monastery!</font></p>
