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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Business Law

Question 11 • GA-Introduction to Business and Technology

What decision did a London court reach in this case?

Answer
A
The writing of The Da Vinci Code did not violate copyright law.
B
The writing of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail did not violate copyright law.
C
Brown should have asked permission from Baigent and Leigh to use their ideas.
D
Baigent and Leigh should have asked permission from Brown to use his ideas.

Explanation

The London court ruled that Dan Brown’s writing of The Da Vinci Code did not infringe copyright in The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. Copyright protects the way ideas are expressed, not the ideas or themes themselves, and the court found no unlawful copying of the book’s protected expression.

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