Judge Enjoins Publication of ‘Meditation’ on ‘Catcher in the Rye’

A federal judge has enjoined the publication of a purported meditation on J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye." New York federal Judge Deborah Batts said Wednesday that "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye" by Swedish author Fredrik Colting violated Salinger's copyright. She found that Colting borrowed liberally from "Catcher," and his work did not amount to a critique or commentary on the original. The book was billed in Europe, but not in the United States, as a "sequel" to "The Catcher in the Rye."