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Da Vinci Code Author Sued

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the prior-art-in-my-head dept.

riptalon writes "Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code, is being sued in the UK for using ideas from a previous non fiction book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail in his novel. The Bangkok Post states that 'The question the court is facing is whether you can copyright an idea, a conjecture.'"

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  1. Follow Up Blog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There is a blog entry over at montspace.com from someone who knows alot about this case who works in the publishing industry.

    pretty interesting stuff, and its pretty sad that stuff like this happens in this day and age

  2. And this has what to do with Slashdot? by NerdENerd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is neither news for nerds nor is it stuff that matters!

  3. Re:I feel like i'm back in High School English aga by masterzora · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I hadn't used all my mod points yesterday, I would definitely give you one right now. I have great respect for all fans of Tom Lehrer.

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