Judge Vows To Decide On "Da Vinci Code" Plagiarism Trial In 30-60 Days

By Marius Meland (May 7, 2005, 12:00 AM EDT) -- A federal judge in Manhattan district court has pledged to read Dan Brown's blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code," as well as two books by Lewis Perdue, to determine if they were "substantially similar" and if Perdue's copyright infringement case against Brown should be allowed to proceed....

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