Salinger Mounts Lawsuit Against Author of Catcher Sequel
J. D. Salinger is taking legal action against the writer of an alleged sequel to The Catcher in the Rye.
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J. D. Salinger is taking legal action against the writer of an alleged sequel to The Catcher in the Rye.
A New York City judge approved on Tuesday a four-month extension of the deadline for authors to agree or object to a settlement with Google Inc. over its massive book-scanning venture.
It took three years, but the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Authors Guild, and Google finally resolved a highly publicized dispute about copyright and intellectual property law by agreeing on a $125 million out-of-court settlement that would seem to benefit all parties involved.
Best-selling novelist Jonathan Lethem has stepped into the copyright spotlight with an unusual proposal that he hopes will make the industry think differently about copyright protection and how it's used.