September 11, 2017
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff issued a written opinion Friday explaining his copyright ruling earlier this summer against the author of "children's versions" of classic books like "The Old Man and the Sea," saying the fair use doctrine is not "a jacket to be worn over an otherwise infringing outfit."
July 24, 2017
The publishers of children's versions of classics such as 'The Old Man and the Sea" told a New York federal judge that their version of the books are not copyright violations because the novels were transformed when they "sanitized" the books for kids and put in sections that identified key words and main characters.
January 19, 2017
The estates of Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac and other iconic authors filed a copyright lawsuit Thursday in Manhattan federal court over unauthorized "children's versions" of classic works like "The Old Man and the Sea."