Authors who lost ‘Da Vinci’ case to appeal

Anonymous Patron writes AP Wire: Two authors who unsuccessfully sued the publisher of “The Da Vinci Code” for copyright infringement have been given permission to challenge their defeat in court, court officials said Wednesday.

The Court of Appeal said Judge Timothy Lloyd had granted Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh permission to mount a legal appeal. No date has been set for the hearing, which is expected to begin late this year or early in 2007.”