I called it the “Dorothy Parker Book Battle” and it never looks like it will end. I just posted an update to the proceeding between Stuart Silverstein vs. Penguin Books over “Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker” (Silverstein’s book) and Penguin’s book “Dorothy Parker Complete Poems” which used the material from his collection.
From today’s update:
After winning one round in court, the creator of a compilation of “lost” poems by author Dorothy Parker was unable to convince a federal court that the work was sufficiently creative to warrant copyright protection as a matter of law.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said questions of fact remained that precluded it from granting summary judgment to either party.
I’ve read the story twice, and I don’t know if it means the case is over or not, or if the parties have to go to trial.