I’m sure he can afford great lawyers

‘The Da Vinci Code » author Dan Brown was accused in Britain’s High Court on Monday of taking material for his blockbuster conspiracy thriller from a 1982 book about the Holy Grail.

The accusation was made in a breach of copyright lawsuit filed against »The Da Vinci Code » publisher Random House. If the lawsuit succeeds in getting an injunction barring use of the disputed material, the scheduled May 19 release of »The Da Vinci Code » film starring Tom Hanks and Ian McKellan could be threatened.

Brown has been sued before. In 2005, a U.S. judge in New York ruled that his book did not infringe on the copyrights of »Daughter of God, » by Lewis Perdue. The judge also ruled out any copyright violations of Perdue’s 1983 novel »The Da Vinci Legacy. »

In today’s New York Times.

I know a lot of readers and fans of this book are not aware of the allegations of plagiarism, so I’m going to link to the Wikipedia section called: Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code.

I think they should have simply sued him for bad writing.

Le sc�nariste invisible

Billet int�ressant chez le sc�nariste blogueur am�ricain The Artful Writer � propos de la mauvaise manie des r�alisateurs de s’approprier tout le m�rite cr�atif face � un film. Les sc�naristes sont constamment oubli�s en entrevue et les r�alisateurs aiment bien expliquer aux m�dias qu’ils ont « tout r��crit eux-m�mes le texte » et que les meilleures trouvailles se sont faites pendant le tournage.

Il faut aussi lire les commentaires qui suivent ce billet et qui pr�sentent un bon contrepoint sur la question.