J.D. Salinger has sued to stop the publication of a sequel of sorts to his novel Catcher in the Rye. The new novel is titled 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye and written by John David California. Is the character Holden Caulfield copyrightable? Is the new novel a parody?
Read the Wall Street Journal Law Blog for more information.
See the complaint here.
Posted by Jon Lutz
