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

    Copying from one book is called plagiarism.

    Copying from five books is called research.

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