Newer PostOlder PostT H U R S D AY, M AY 0 4 , 2 0 0 6Authors Who Sued "Da Vinci Code" Face HugeLegal BillsThe two authors who sued Dan Brown's publisher Random House forplagiarism in the UK now face massive legal bills.</p><p> They have to pay85% of Random House's legal bill, plus all of their own lawyers' legalbills.</p><p> It will total at least 2 million pounds.</p><p> Since their case wasextremely weak on several fronts, they must really be regretting theiraction.</p><p> Having to pay the other side's legal bills is one of the manyclever quirks in the UK.</p><p> Their newspapers and magazines are muchmore carefree with rumors and gossip and half-truths that an Americannewspaper would never run with.</p><p> Basically, the standards for provinglibel are lower in the UK (that's why the authors filed the suit in thatcountry) but if you LOSE a case you have to pay much of youropponents' legal fees.</p><p> The result is a carefree press and fewer frivolouslawsuits.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 3:00 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Authors Who Sued "Da Vinci Code" Fac...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/authors-who-sued-da-vi... 1 of 37/29/09 1:20 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyMichael in New YorkAaron POPSURFING.COM: Authors Who Sued "Da Vinci Code" Fac...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/authors-who-sued-da-vi... 2 of 37/29/09 1:20 AMPOPSURFING.COM: Authors Who Sued "Da Vinci Code" Fac...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/authors-who-sued-da-vi... 3 of 37/29/09 1:20 AM
