Da Vinci Code Trial Over
A British High Court judge has ruled against the copyright infringement claims by the authors of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" against the Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown.
Although the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh) may have to pay 85% of the £1.3 million in court costs, they've received a ton of worldwide media coverage for the book. Since the
Da Vinci Code Trial started they have sold more than 90,000 copies of their 1982 book.
Dan Brown's sales have also increased and the Da Vinci Code movie is coming out soon, so I guess everyone wins.
'Da Vinci Code' publisher triumphs
"The judgment, however, did not go entirely in Random House's favor. Mr Justice Smith did find that Dan Brown and Blythe, his researcher wife, had acquired and read "Holy Blood" earlier in the writing process than the author stated - and that it was the primary book used when Sir Leigh Teabing, one of The Da Vinci Code characters, lectures on what he terms "the greatest cover-up in human history". Leigh Teabing was admitted to be an anagramof thee "Holy Blood" authors' surnames, which Mr Brown, an American, described as "a playful tribute". Financial Times
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