A piece in today’s Independent is about the Dan Brown courtcase. The lawsuit has been started by the authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, a book that basically says the exact same thing as Dan Browns novel but came out a decade earlier.
An interesting snippit came out of Dan Browns first court appearence yesterday:
Brown said: “For [the claimant] to suggest that I have ‘hijacked and exploited’ their work is simply untrue.” He then set out what many in a packed court room had probably come to hear - the secret of his success.
He said: “The ideal topic has no clear right and wrong, no definite good and evil and makes for great debate. For me, the ‘must- have’ themes include codes, puzzles and treasure hunts, secretive organisations, and academic lectures on obscure topics.”
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