The judge who presided at the "Da Vinci Code" copyright infringement trial has put a code of his own into his 71-page ruling. Since Judge Peter Smith delivered his decision in favor of Dan Brown, the author of "The Da Vinci Code," lawyers began noticing odd italicizations in the document, with the first series spelling out "Smithy code." "To have a British, staid High Court judge encrypt a judgment in this manner, it's jolly fun," said one London lawyer.
April 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The judge who presided at the “Da Vinci Code” copyright infringement trial has put a code of his own into his ruling, and he said Wednesday he would “probably” confirm it to the person who breaks it.
Since Judge Peter Smith delivered his ruling April 7 in favor of Dan Brown, the author of “The Da Vinci Code,” lawyers in London and New York began noticing odd italicizations in the 71-page document.
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