Vanity Fair-use? Or plagiarism?

Just when we’d gotten past wanting to retch at the mere mention of another “Da Vinci” plagiarism claim, comes…another plagiarism claim.

Editor and Publisher today carries word that a chunk of the “Code” was borrowed from a scholarly paper, and two libel experts concur that the “Code” owes more than just a thank you to rival hostorical thriller, “Daughter of God.”

Viz,

“…two libel experts say they are convinced Brown borrowed heavily from the Perdue book, despite Brown’s recent victory in court.

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