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Perspective

Aug. 5, 2009

Put on Hold(en)

Richard Posell discusses the rationale behind a judge's order halting an unauthorized sequel to "A Catcher in the Rye."

By Richard E. Posell

On July 1, District Judge Deborah Batts of the Southern District of New York issued a highly anticipated decision in the copyright infringement case brought by J.D. Salinger against Frederik Colting, a Swedish author and his publishing company for publishing and attempting to distribute the novel "60 Years Later; Coming Through the Rye." The court's 37-page order, which has been chewed over in the popular press and in in...

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