De-Coded?

Garth Franklin of Dark Horizons, tells us that the long awaited film adaptation of the best selling novel The Da Vinci Code, may have hit a legal roadblock--causing a possible delay in the release of the film. Franklin's source for the story is the Scotsman. Here are the highlights from the Dark Horizons post:

The film is set to be released worldwide on May 19th, but a copyright claim by the writers of a non-fiction book, "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", is due in the High Court in London next week.

The $10 million claim by co-authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who wrote the book in 1984, is for breach of copyright on the grounds that the structure of their book was plagiarised by author Dan Brown for The Da Vinci Code.

According to the post, the case could not only lead to a delay in the release of film, but if the plaintiff is successful, it could lead to a total ban in Britain the origin of the lawsuit

Question? Where were these guys when the book came out in the first place?

See the original article for more info.