Last Bit of Da Vinci Trial

Oh what a difference a closing argument makes. The lawyers for Holy Blood, Holy Grail are making a pretty sweeping argument for copyright. At least, from the newspaper summary.

"Brown has used 'H.B.H.G.' with the intention of appropriating the work of its authors," Mr. Rayner James said. "He and/or Blythe has intentionally used 'H.B.H.G.' in order to save the time and effort that independent research would have required."

So, in other words, you can't use a book that synthesizes the history you're researching for a novel because it will save you time and effort, and that's bad? That's just a bad argument.