Even Sav didn't get sued for his fanfic

[MadImmortalMan]

Though maybe he should have been, I dunno. 


http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/02/jd-salinger-legal-action-against-sequel-author

JD Salinger launches legal action against author of Catcher in the Rye 'sequel'

Book entitled 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye features character similar to Holden Caulfield, lawsuit says


JD Salinger, the 90-year-old author of the Catcher in the Rye, launched a legal action against an author who has purportedly written a spinoff "sequel" to the acclaimed novel, it was reported yesterday.

Salinger is seeking an injunction against the writer, publishers and distributor of the spinoff.

Lawyers for the author filed the lawsuit in a federal court in Manhattan, seeking to stop the publication of 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, by a writer using the name John David California.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and says the right to create a sequel to the Catcher in the Rye or use the character Holden Caulfield belongs only to Salinger.

The lawsuit says Salinger – who has never allowed the novel to be filmed, staged or otherwise adapted – has "decidedly chosen not to exercise that right".

In addition to California, identified in the court papers as John Doe, the lawsuit also cites Windupbird Publishing, allegedly based in London, a Swedish publisher called Nicotext and SCB Distributors, based in Gardena, California.

In 60 Years Later – scheduled to be published in Britain this summer and in the US in the autumn – a character very much like Caulfield is a 76-year-old escapee from a retirement home identified as "Mr C".

The novel is dedicated to Salinger, who is a character in it wondering whether to continue Caulfield's story.

"The sequel is not a parody and it does not comment upon or criticise the original," the Salinger lawsuit – which cited numerous similarities in story and language – said. "It is a ripoff, pure and simple."

Salinger, who lives in rural New Hampshire, has not published a book for decades and has rarely been heard from in public expect when taking legal action.

In 1982, he sued a man who allegedly tried to sell a fictitious interview with him to a national magazine. The man agreed to desist and Salinger dropped the suit.

Five years later, another Salinger legal action resulted in the supreme court refusing to allow publication of an unauthorised biography, by Ian Hamilton, that quoted from his unpublished letters.

Salinger had copyrighted the letters when he learned about Hamilton's book, which came out in a revised edition in 1988.

In 2003, Salinger stopped the BBC from staging a television production of the Catcher in the Rye.

His court papers state that he has turned down requests from Steven Spielberg and Harvey Weinstein to acquire the film rights to the novel.

So, is this the holy grail of Fan Fiction? Is this what fanfic uber-success looks like, or is it a flaming trainwreck?

[jimmy olsen]

Though maybe he should have been, I dunno. 


http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/02/jd-salinger-legal-action-against-sequel-author

JD Salinger launches legal action against author of Catcher in the Rye 'sequel'

Book entitled 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye features character similar to Holden Caulfield, lawsuit says


JD Salinger, the 90-year-old author of the Catcher in the Rye, launched a legal action against an author who has purportedly written a spinoff "sequel" to the acclaimed novel, it was reported yesterday.

Salinger is seeking an injunction against the writer, publishers and distributor of the spinoff.

Lawyers for the author filed the lawsuit in a federal court in Manhattan, seeking to stop the publication of 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, by a writer using the name John David California.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and says the right to create a sequel to the Catcher in the Rye or use the character Holden Caulfield belongs only to Salinger.

The lawsuit says Salinger – who has never allowed the novel to be filmed, staged or otherwise adapted – has "decidedly chosen not to exercise that right".

In addition to California, identified in the court papers as John Doe, the lawsuit also cites Windupbird Publishing, allegedly based in London, a Swedish publisher called Nicotext and SCB Distributors, based in Gardena, California.

In 60 Years Later – scheduled to be published in Britain this summer and in the US in the autumn – a character very much like Caulfield is a 76-year-old escapee from a retirement home identified as "Mr C".

The novel is dedicated to Salinger, who is a character in it wondering whether to continue Caulfield's story.

"The sequel is not a parody and it does not comment upon or criticise the original," the Salinger lawsuit – which cited numerous similarities in story and language – said. "It is a ripoff, pure and simple."

Salinger, who lives in rural New Hampshire, has not published a book for decades and has rarely been heard from in public expect when taking legal action.

In 1982, he sued a man who allegedly tried to sell a fictitious interview with him to a national magazine. The man agreed to desist and Salinger dropped the suit.

Five years later, another Salinger legal action resulted in the supreme court refusing to allow publication of an unauthorised biography, by Ian Hamilton, that quoted from his unpublished letters.

Salinger had copyrighted the letters when he learned about Hamilton's book, which came out in a revised edition in 1988.

In 2003, Salinger stopped the BBC from staging a television production of the Catcher in the Rye.

His court papers state that he has turned down requests from Steven Spielberg and Harvey Weinstein to acquire the film rights to the novel.

So, is this the holy grail of Fan Fiction? Is this what fanfic uber-success looks like, or is it a flaming trainwreck?

Nope, plenty of sequels to 19th century works out there. There's gotta be half a dozen just for Pride and Prejudice, and that's not counting Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

[saskganesh]

We should write a book called Pitcher of Rye Whiskey about a group of imposters and recluses who, united by a message board, join forces to fight internet fanfic.

[Grey Fox]

The mistake was publishing it with traditionnal measure.

Release on the web =  win & no court drama!