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From: Denis Beauregard <>
Subject: Re: OT Da Vinci Code Fw: GEN-MEDIEVAL-D Digest V06 #214
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:50:53 -0500
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:05:10 +0000 (UTC),
("Leo van de Pas") wrote in soc.genealogy.medieval:

>Renia brings up the Da Vinci Code.
>
>Does anyone know what has happened to the court case against Dan Brown?
>
>I always understood that you could not copyright a title or a plot.......the
>Da Vinci Movie with Tom Hanks has already been made and apparently they
>cannot show it until that court case is settled.

As I understand it (and as explained in local TV news), the 2
plaintiffs are making fools of themselves.

The reporter said that points that are debatted all existed in
previous works, for example having a child from Jesus and Marie
Madeleine. I have not yet seen the book (and usually I just don't
read bestsellers anyway) so I will moved out of that thread in
case I decide to read it later.

For now, I am reading a book by Serge Brussolo. I read 2 more
medieval stories by the same author and it is very delightfull.
Fictive and not even based on historical events, but fun to read.
Now if I can find which book is the sequel of Le chateau des
sortileges...


Denis

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