![]() ![]() Today's appeal upheld the high court verdict, which ruled that while both books explored similar ideas this did not constitute a breach of copyright.Ĭopyright law protected Baigent and Leigh over the research and composition of their book, and the way the ideas in it were originally expressed, Lord Justice Mummery, one of three appeal judges, said. The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail, itself a bestseller at the time, purports to be a factual history theorising that Jesus and Mary Magdalene married and had a child, and that the bloodline continues to this day, with a secret society protecting their heirs against the Catholic church.Ī similar theme is explored in Brown's novel, which has sold more than 40m copies worldwide since its publication in 2003. The pair sued Da Vinci Code publishers Random House - who, coincidentally, also published The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail - for copyright infringement, claiming the theme of Mr Brown's book was copied from their 1982 work. ![]()
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