The Second Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the injunction from last July banning publication of Frederick Colting’s 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye and returned the case to the original District Court, even though the appellate judges agreed that “that Salinger is likely to succeed on the merits of his copyright infringement claim.” (They also agree that the defendants “are not likely to prevail in their fair use defense.) So Colting is still expected to eventually lose in court–the question is whether the injunction barring publication while the case moves through the judicial process will stand. The District […]
