---

AP, via MercuryNews.com, USA
Nov. 14, 2006
www.mercurynews.com

---

ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 16551 • Posted: Tuesday November 14, 2006  

---

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to the author of the “The Da Vinci Code,” refusing to consider a case alleging copyright infringement.

Author Lewis Perdue contends that Dan Brown’s megathriller is substantially similar to his book, written years before the 2003 publication of “The Da Vinci Code.

Some 60.5 million copies of “The Da Vinci Code” are in print worldwide.

Perdue argues that affidavits detailing similarities between his book, “Daughter of God,” and Brown’s book should have been considered by a federal judge, who rejected them. The judge ruled that no reasonable juror could find parts of Perdue’s work substantially similar to “The Da Vinci Code.” An appeals court upheld the ruling.

In one of the rejected affidavits, a literary expert found the evidence of infringement overwhelming. In another affidavit, a foreign linguistics expert found the similarities to be “striking.”

Perdue had alleged that Brown copied the basic premise of “Daughter of God,” including notions that history is controlled by victors, not losers, and the importance of the Roman Emperor Constantine in requiring a transition from a female to a male-dominated religion, the judge said.

Brown and Random House Inc. had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan seeking a declaratory judgment that his work does not infringe on Perdue’s.

In a countersuit, Perdue asked the judge to rule that there was infringement and award $150 million in damages.

The case is Perdue v. Brown and Random House Inc., 06-213.

---

What You Can Do From Here

---

Read More Articles On These Topics Categories: Da Vinci Code Share, Blog About, Bookmark, or Email This Article Subscribe Religion News Blog RSS feed [What is this?] RSS by topic: Da Vinci Code Read Another Article Previous entry: More Jewish memorials vandalized in eastern Germany Next entry: Cattle mutilation stuns ranchers RNB Homepage with latest headlines Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults Find Related Books Da Vinci Code Most Popular Today Church of Scientology told to drop Churchill images I know the dark side of Scientology…I almost lost my friend when she became obsessed with it

---

Share This Article

---

To share this page simply copy and paste one of these URL's:

• Post a link on your blog or website:
  
• Send in an email or IM:
  
• Post on a forum:
  

Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support.

Note: results are listed on another domain -- CounterCultSearch.com -- from which you can easily return here.

Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs.

Note: results are listed on another domain -- ApologeticsSearch.com -- from which you can easily return here.