[lit-ideas] Re: On playing fast and loose...
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:25:24 +0100
Interesting case. I think the problem (in finding plagiarism) may
have been that there were no passages copied verbatim.
-- as you say, this is just part of Perdue's case
(I read the book; it's dreadful. I also read Angels and Demons;
that's worse... -- the DVC is remarkably similar to AaD)
Tuesday, August 23, 2005, 6:05:54 PM, Ursula Stange wrote:
US> A court judgment...
US> http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/08/05/Arts/danbrown050805.html
US> Part of Perdue's case...
US> http://www.davincilegacy.com/different.shtml
US> I must be the one of the last sixteen people who haven't read this book
US> -- although I had at least twenty students last year urge me to. I have
US> read his earlier book Angels and Demons (what an unimaginative title,
US> eh?). A few days before I saw the court case referred to in the link, I
US> had said to someone how much better a title The Davinci Code was.
US> Maybe he didn't plagiarize the book, but he sure 'borrowed' the title.
US> Ursula
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