I’ve said it again and again, on this site, my own and to friends. The book that is behind the forthcoming movie The Da Vinci Code rips everything related to the Church and the conspiracy from a previous book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, and the authors agree. After some intensive study (and possibly the allure of all the media attention) the BBC report that they’re fighting back:
Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing Random House, claiming the bestseller lifts from their 1982 book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail…
..[.A spokeswoman for the authors said] “The basis of their case is theft of intellectual property. “There are huge chunks of The Da Vinci Code which they say is lifted from their book.”…
…It features “cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar” and links them to “a dynasty of obscure French kings” and the Holy Grail. It also claims that Jesus and Mary Magdalene married and had a child together.
Similar? Well I’ve read it twice in my life and have it on my bookshelf. Yes, incredibly so. If the guys don’t win this case, or the case is dropped it means a lot of money behind the scenes. Still, the film will go on.
