Tue, 11 Apr 2006

Da Vinci in new plagiarism claim

Here's a new "business model" for historians and academics: wait for a popular novel which addresses some of the material from your professional life, see if it sells well, then sue the author for "plagiarism".

We didn't used to call these kinds of ploys "business models". We used to call them "shakedowns".

A historian accuses The Da Vinci Code author of plagiarism, days after a similar claim was rejected.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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