Posted on 02/26/2006 5:49:11 PM PST by voletti
LONDON: The author of the blockbuster novel “The Da Vinci Code” faces an English High Court challenge Monday from two men who claim he stole their ideas. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing their own publishers, Random House, claiming Dan Brown’s book draws heavily on their 1982 bestseller “Holy Blood, Holy Grail”. Brown’s 2003 book has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and earned the American 45 million pounds in one year, instantly making the writer one of the world’s richest. Baigent’s and Leigh’s book tackles theories that Jesus and Mary Magdalene married, had a child, and the blood line continues to the present day — with the Catholic Church aware of the discovery and trying to suppress it. A third author, Henry Lincoln, is not part of the lawsuit. Brown’s book, which combines thriller, detective and conspiracy theory genres, explores similar themes about the Vatican covering up the true story of Jesus. The novel has been translated into 44 languages and drawn criticism from the Roman Catholic Church and historians. If Baigent and Leigh are successful and obtain injunctions preventing the use of their material it could threaten the British release of the film adaptation of “The Da Vinci Code”. afp
...now, now, I hope the left remembers that people have a "responsibility to use speech wisely".
*** their 1982 bestseller “Holy Blood, Holy Grail”.***
The only book I ever bought, read and tossed in the trash.
That could turn out for good, methinks.
Ruh, roh.
Baigent and Leigh out to win a few million out of this deal!
The same thing happened with Alex Hailey's Roots, but that was a case of verbatim copying, I believe.
You should buy a second book... there are a lot of excellent ones.
***You should buy a second book... there are a lot of excellent ones.***
As I started to make clear, but didn't, this is the only book I have ever bought, read, and thrown in the trash.
I have bought and read hundreds of books, given some away, donated many to libraries, and kept way, way too many.
I was just pulling your leg. Never thought that you had only purchased one book.
Friends?
The authors of the non-fictional (as published) "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", who purportedly wrote a scholarly tome in which they supposedly were presenting THEIR alternative view of history, including the lineage of most of the Royal houses of Europe, with the intent of persuading people that THEIR version was more accurate than the traditionally accepted history, are SUING a man who swallowed their tripe, hook, line and sinker?
Heaven forbid a college history class might teach their version... they could get even richer.
***I was just pulling your leg. Never thought that you had only purchased one book.
Friends?***
Sure! No sweat. I'll just go some where and plot my revenge! Just kidding!
Gee... Brown caused us to make more money... let's sue him.
LOL, I threw THE DaVINCI CODE into the Pacific from a cruise ship. BTW, Brown is also being sued by an American author named Lewis Perdue, who published a similar book in the 80s. He has a linguistic expert's report on his website and it's QUITE compelling.
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Baigent and Leigh should be suing Plantard - for pulling a fast one on them and making them look like a bunch of buffoons.
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