More than 3,000 men died in the first copyright battle in recorded history, known as the battle of Cúl Dreimhne in Ireland in the late sixth century. At stake was the issue of a religious book copied without permission from the owner. According to one side, the information should have been available to all and freely copied. The other side argued that the book’s owner had the rights to all copies.
Modern-day debate over copyright law hasn’t changed much, and, indeed, the debate has spread to the online world over the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The DMCA has caused considerable controversy over the competing needs to protect the legitimate economic interests of intellectual property and the abuse of copyright law that can lead to the stifling of free speech.
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