Da Vinci Code goes to court

[furie]

<a target='blank' href=http://www.ntlworld.com/movies/davinci_case.php?page_zone=219.7.1>Dan Brown in holy-hot-water over The Da Vinci Code</a>

i read The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail years ago. i liked it, though the conclusions were flimsy they were presented well.
I never read the di vinci code because i thought it sounded a little too close to this book. and i guess now it is.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by furie on 3-1-06 @ 8:23 PM</span>

[ShelleBink]

The guy who wrote the book you mentioned looks like Lemmy<br />

[furie]

explains why he knows so much about God.

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong />The guy who wrote the book you mentioned looks like Lemmy<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img width="149" height="146" border="0" src="http://www.ntlworld.com/images/editorial/davincipros_movies_maxi.jpg" /></p><p><img width="242" height="238" border="0" src="http://www.angelfire.com/folk/dawsonconcerts/Leigh136.jpg" /></p><p>&quot;The ace of spades! The ace of spayyeee-des ugh!&quot;&nbsp;</p><blockquote /><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Crippler]

<p>This has to be one of the most ridiculous lawsuits of all time:</p><p>They claim that Brown's book stole the following elements from their work:<br />- Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had a child together<br />- Secret societies such as the Priory of Sion preserved the secret of Christ's bloodline through the ages<br />- Leonardo da Vinci was a member of the Priory of Sion, and masterminded a series of codes and puzzles to protect their secrets from the Roman Catholic Church</p><p>Do these guys believe that their 1982 work of non-fiction is the first time these ideas were put to paper?&nbsp; If their &quot;The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail&quot; was supposed to be non-fiction, why wouldn't it be ok to borrow from it to merely set the background for a new work of fiction?</p><p>Dan Brown took theories, stories, and in some cases made up some of his own, and wove them into elements of very familiar stories &amp; some very real history &amp; created an amazing work of fiction.&nbsp; Now it seems like these guys are pissed because they couldn't make their telling of similar stories nearly as complete or compelling &amp; want to be paid for just coming close.&nbsp; It's bullshit.</p>

[spoon]

<p>I agree with the cripple.</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<p>If this lawsuit can prevent the movie from coming out, I'll weep with joy.</p><p>If it somehow gets the book banned for all time, I'll blow everyone involved.</p><p>Twice.</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>That book reads like an ad for vitamins that do nothing for you. </p><p>THE BIG PHARMECUTICALS DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS, BUT JESUS HAD 3 KIDS WHO WENT ON RUN ALL OF EUROPE!!&nbsp;</p><p>About as interesting as anything else I've heard from an idiot on a barstool. &nbsp;</p>

[WhistlePig]

<strong>ShelleBink</strong> wrote:<br>The guy who wrote the book
you mentioned looks like Lemmy<br /><p></p>

Lemmy's book was great!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/WhistlePig/LemmyBook.jpg