If you really want to hear about it

The NYT City Room blog reports that J.D. Salinger won a preliminary injunction in his lawsuit against the writer of , Judge Rules for Salinger in Copyright Suit: "In a 37-page ruling filed on Wednesday, Judge Batts issued a preliminary injunction — indefinitely barring the publication, advertising or distribution of the book in this country — after considering the merits of the case."

Without reading 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye or the ruling, it's difficult to see what features made the book an infringing derivative work rather than transformative fair use parody.

Here is the order granting the preliminary injunction, Salinger v. Colting (09-Civ-5095, July 1, 2009)