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'Da Vinci Code' Author Wins Copyright Case [3min]

A judge rules that mega-selling author Dan Brown did not steal ideas for The Da Vinci Code from the nonfiction work The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. The ruling will allow a film based on the book and starring Tom Hanks to open as scheduled on May 19. Steve Inskeep talks to David Hooper, an intellectual-property lawyer in Britain.
Read entire article at NPR "Morning Edition"