Lawyer in 'Da Vinci Code' case in Britain says ideas too general for copyright protection

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

LONDON -- Britain's High Court was plunged into the arcane world of Templars, Merovingians and characters such as Pepin the Fat as lawyers argued Tuesday over the genesis of the mega-selling thriller "The Da Vinci Code."

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