Does a Lawsuit Breed...Popularity?
When a New York ad agency sued a lone Maine blogger last week, everyone said it was a bad idea because it just gave the lone Maine blogger free PR. Which it did.
Apparently, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church didn't read BlogPulse, because continued threats to sue or boycott Dan Brown, author of the "The Da Vinci Code" novel, seem to be giving the upcoming flick (you guessed it) free PR. As if a movie based on a best-selling novel and starring Tom Hanks needed free PR. The lawlsuit/boycott talk is captured in today's No. 9 most-cited news story, with bloggers describing it as the "free speech" smackdown and the "Jesus copyright" issue. Andrew Sullivan notes that the movie is already selling out in some countries...in advance of its May 19 release.
Buzz is buildling
And what does a BlogPulse trend graph show when plotting the author of fiction against the Catholic Church....hmmmm:
Posted by Sue MacDonald at May 9, 2006 10:39 AM
