New at Reason: Cathy Young on Intellectual Property and Creative Freedom

June 25, 2009

Can the authorities in a free country ban a book? Surprisingly, the answer is yes: last week, a federal judge in New York imposed a temporary restraining order on the publication of a novel called 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye. At issue is a copyright infringement lawsuit by J. D. Salinger, author of the 1951 classic Catcher in the Rye. In a few days, the judge will decide whether to make the ban permanent. In the meantime, writes Contributing Editor Cathy Young, the case highlights the conflict between intellectual property rights and First Amendment rights—between copyright and creative freedom.

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