Criticism of The Da Vinci Code "Smithy Code Jackie Fisher who are you Dreadnought", referring to the British admiral whom Judge Smith admires. As with the book, this secret message made use of Fibonacci numbers for its encoding. Dan Brown has been sued twice in The United States by author Jack Dunn who claims Dan Brown copied his book The Vatican Boys (1997) to create The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Brown's now famous character Robert Langdon. Jack Dunn calls Dan Brown's actions, "The Largest Literary and Movie Crime in History." At a conference on April 28, 2006 Archbishop Angelo Amato, the secretary of
The Da Vinci Code in the Philippines and organised boycotts against the showing of "The Da Vinci Code" in the Philippines, and the film was banned from being shown in the Philippine capital of Manila. The Philippine Alliance Against Pornography (PAAP) appealed to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to stop the showing of "The Da Vinci Code" in the Philippines. They branded the film as "the most pornographic and blasphemous film in history" and also requested the help of Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and other religious groups to stop the showing of the film. In addition, they compared Dan Brown to