Despite amicus briefs from the New York Times and AP backing his free speech rights, the writer of a Catcher in the Rye sequel has agreed to a permanent injunction on the book with no further appeals. -db
The Hollywood Reporter
December 16, 2010
By Eriq Gardner
The unauthorized sequel to J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye will be permanently banned from publication in the U.S. Last July, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a Swedish author’s book, titled 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, for violating Salinger’s copyright. The case was appealed and attracted a number of amicus briefs from media organizations, including The New York Times and AP, which argued it would be a bad precedent against free speech. But the parties have now settled the case. According to a consent agreement, the defendant has agreed to a permanent injunction with no further appeals.
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