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Protecting Copyright

In about the year 500AD, St Colmcille borrowed a book of the Gospels from St Finnian of Maigh Bhile and secretly copied it. On realising what had been done, Finnian demanded the return of the book and also the copy. Colmcille objected, saying that the copy was his. The matter was referred to Diarmaid mac Cearrbheoil, the high king. His judgement was "le gach bó a buinín agus le gach leabhar a chóip", "to every cow her calf and to every book its copy".

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Do I Need A Licence?

The Irish Copyright Licensing Agency operates the only scheme in Ireland from which a licence can be obtained for making multiple copies of a variety of copyright-protected works.

Authors & Publishers

If you are, or have been, based in Ireland and are the copyright holder of book, magazine or journal content, it may be that we have collected money for you/your organisation and have not been able to trace you.

Do we have money in trust for you?
Irish Copyright Licensing Agency CLG
63 Patrick Street
Dún Laoghaire
Co. Dublin
A96 WF25
Tel: +353 1 662 4211
Fax: +353 1 662 4213

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