Two authors who lost a copyright battle against best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code have been ordered to disclose their financial details to the court. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who sued publishers Random House, were ordered to pay 85% of the company's legal bill, estimated at $3 millions. Their first installment of $950,000 had been due within days. But they have applied for more time to pay. Mr. Justice Peter Smith adjourned the application for 2 weeks.

The pair also face a large bill from their own lawyers. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who sued publishers Random House, were ordered to pay 85% of the company's legal bill, estimated at $2.3m. Their first installment of $750,000 had been due on May 12. But they have applied for more time to pay. The pair also face a large bill from their own lawyers. "Your clients have a liability to pay costs following a very expensive piece of litigation. If they cannot pay, they can be made bankrupt." Mr. Tritton said: "Mr. Baigent is not a well man and he is reliant upon royalties in order to live." The judge ordered Mr.  Baigent to provide a witness statement giving a full account of his assets, income and liabilities. He must also hand over a copy of documents involving the transfer of his home into his wife's name and subsequent dual ownership. Justice Smith said he also wanted to see "full details" of the royalties from Mr. Baigent's new book, The Jesus Papers, as well as details of any assets the author had disposed of since last June. Mr. Leigh was asked to provide similar details about his assets, income and liabilities.

Actor Randy Quaid has withdrawn legal action against the producers of Oscar-winning movie Brokeback Mountain. Quaid, who claimed he was underpaid for his role as a homophobic rancher, said the film-makers had now agreed to pay him more. The star said he was dropping his court challenge after striking a deal with film company Focus Features. But Focus said it had not agreed to any settlement. Quaid, 55, had originally planned to sue for $10m . "The circumstances of him dropping the suit are as mysterious as the circumstances under which he filed his claim," Focus spokeswoman Adriene Bowles said. "Focus Features never negotiated, offered or agreed to any settlement agreement with Mr.  Quaid or his attorneys.

"But we are happy to put this behind us, and do wish [him] all the best," she added. The actor said Focus had informed him indirectly that it intended to settle the matter amicably. Quaid also offered to share the bonus he said he received with the film's other actors. The actor had claimed Focus Features persuaded him to defer his normal pay by misrepresenting the project as a low-budget film. Quaid said producers tricked him into appearing for what was "effectively a donation of my time" by "falsely representing it as a low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect of making any money". Brokeback Mountain cost about $14m to make and made more than $160m  at box offices worldwide. The film also won three Academy Awards in March, including best director and best adapted screenplay. Quaid's other films include Kingpin, Independence Day and Not Another Teen Movie.

Music legend Bob Dylan's new show on XM Satellite Radio has shown the power and popularity of satellite radio stations in the US. Dylan's show Theme Time Radio Hour sees him play songs connected to a different theme every week - from mothers, the police, whiskey, cars, and - in the first program - the weather. But Dylan is not the only music star broadcasting on satellite radio. Singer and guitarist Tom Petty also has a show, while rapper Eminem hosts his own slot on XM's rival satellite broadcaster Sirius. Greg Steele, senior director of programming at Sirius, tells BBC World Service's The Beat program that signing up high-profile hosts has been "one of the real drawing powers of satellite radio". "There's a significantly large number of people who have, I think, helped move the needle and shown the kinds of programming and content that satellite programming provides," he says. XM and Sirius share the North American satellite broadcasting market while WorldSpace operates in Europe and Asia. The broadcasters charge fans to subscribe and XM claims more than six million subscribers, while Sirius's figures stand at four million. They offer more than 100 channels each, split between music and speech. Mr. Steele said the difference between satellite and FM stations was "really about content". "We have 67 music channels of commercial-free music," he says. "We've got a multitude of unique and creative channels which you can't find anywhere else." Another reason for satellite radio's rise is that it can broadcast to music lovers whose tastes are not usually catered for on commercially-available terrestrial radio. "There is a certain amount of homogenisation of the product in terrestrial radio," Mr. Steele says. "Satellite radio creates niches and opportunities for the kinds of music fans that have not been satisfied over the last few years." But there have been criticisms that satellite radio is in fact reducing the variety of radio stations by concentrating listeners on just two nationwide broadcasters. In particular, XM and Sirius compete for contracts with car manufacturers to have their receivers installed in their vehicles. Sirius has exclusive deals with Ford, BMW and Daimler-Chrysler, for example, while XM-only receivers are built into cars made by General Motors and Honda. Satellite broadcasters are not regulated by the US media watchdog, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - a fact that has attracted controversial hosts such as "shock jock" Howard Stern. One of the key reasons for satellite radio's growth has been its freedom from political and commercial constraints, Mr. Steele says. "We can play the sorts of things that listeners want to hear - whether it's a racy song or an unedited piece of music," he says. "Certain channels we do keep a little bit more for the family, but there are others where we just let it fly. "The hosts have the ability to say what they want to say because we're not regulated by the FCC." Contimues next