Closing arguments began Friday in the copyright infringement suit in Britain against the publishers of Dan Brown's best-selling thriller, "The Da Vinci Code," with the defense arguing that two British writers' claim was too general to succeed. John Baldwin's four-hour closing argument indicated how seriously Random House takes the fundamental issue of copyright law regarding basic issues such as plot, themes, historical information and interpretations used in novels.
March 20, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Closing arguments began Friday in the copyright infringement suit in Britain against the publishers of Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller, “The Da Vinci Code,” with the defense arguing that the claim of two British writers was too general to succeed.
“The claimants’ case is now in tatters,” said John Baldwin, representing Random House.
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