da vinci code trial

Da Vinci trial pits history against art

Everyone in the world seems to have read this book (apart from me). This trial is interesting though because of the intellectual property issues involved. To what extent can originality be copyrighted, especially in this time and age? Incidentally my friend Ginette is writing a thesis on this, and it should be interesting to read her finished product.

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Originality Sins
A pretty good article on the subject of originality, with some references to the trial.