The BK incident was a matter that was entirely between the CLB and the National Library of Wales. No one else was involved, Tim. Don't insinuate otherwise.
Michael Everson was crowing on CO about the Kesva's publication having been stopped (so he thought), before the threat had been made public here in Cornwall -- it's all in the archives there (unless Morvyl has destroyed the evidence, but we have copies). Michael insisted he had had no contact with the NLW, therefore the information must have come from his nameless informers in Cornwall. What's more, when we made a fuss, the NLW were genuinely embarassed, it's not the sort of thing they would do, they would know all the ins and outs of copyright law better than anyone. So the only conclusion is that somehow they'd been set up. Perhaps in time, someone from within the Library will leak how it was done.
The NLW do not have the copyright of the text of BK, which is nothing to do with ownership of the physical manuscript.
They probably can't even prove title to the ms, it appears to have no provenance, was it even really amongst Caerwyn Williams' papers, he never mentioned it to anyone (not even to Tim) in his lifetime.
Yes . . . this is all very mysterious, from a number of aspects. Better relate this in bite-sized chunks, as it's a long and complicated stanza.
Caerwyn was a very learned and generous man. Not with money, since he never acquired material wealth, but with his time and knowledge. If you'd been one of his pupils, you could ring him any time with a question, there's be a few seconds' silence, and then he'd tell you exactly where you needed to look. Even if you were a first-term undergraduate, he'd go out of his way to show you things in which he knew you were interested.
And he never once mentioned to me that a Cornish MS had come into his possession. Very, very, strange. Completely out of character.
Jesus wept, Keith and Tim. Have you nothing better to do? The MS appeared in Caerwyn Williams's estate. Fact. Nothing sinister. Friends of mine have had a rare Cornish book in their possession and said nothing for several years. He didn't have to say anything to Tim, did he? Will you both please stop trying to create conspiracies and sinister intrigues where none exist.
I didn't destroy any evidence. You're a member of the group, you could have checked before making allegations such as the above. You are not being nice.
Keep your hair on Dan, but you did ban Tim but not the obnoxious Piper.
Marhak, it wasn't just any old rare book, it was a priceless bloody manuscript, of which there are only what, five similar, in existance. Just because CW had it in his posession doesn't mean he was its legal owner. And what you don't own you can't give. I'm surprised that the NLW accepted it without making the most stringent enquiries about its origins.
Well, possession is nine-tenths of the law, Keith. What I can't get on with is the fact that it's being used to cast aspersions on those who simply weren't involved. In any case, what does it matter? It's available, most of us have now seen it and we have two publications resulting from it. That's what really matters. I just wish that Tim wouldn't use it as a hammer to hit others with. I wonder where Caerwyn found it, though. What else is out there?
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INTERNET - CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL DOMAIN SUFFIXES
The Celtic League has urged the Cornish Language Partnership to support the campaign to adopt national internet domain suffixes for the Celtic countries. So far just Ireland and Mannin have national domain suffixes (ie and im respectively).
We should all respect the anonymity of the forum and not reveal people's identities without their consent.