Free speech, copyright infringement, and even a bit of unsolicited literary criticism were on the docket Thursday as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments about whether a book based on J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye should be barred from being published in this country.

The three-judge appellate panel peppered lawyers on both sides of the dispute over Fredrik Colting’s 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye with pointed questions about the nature of the book and whether a district court judge had adequately explored whether it was a fair use under copyright law before indefinitely enjoining its publication in the United States.

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