A controversial edition of James Joyce's Ulysses was in breach of copyright, a British High Court judge ruled yesterday.
The trustees of the author's estate were granted a High Court injunction banning further copyright infringement and an order for "delivery-up" of about 1,000 undistributed copies of the 1997 "Reader's Edition" held by publishers Macmillan.
But Mr Justice Lloyd suspended the orders pending an appeal, saying this would allow the publishers to dispose of their existing stock. The "Reader's Edition" was edited by Irish scholar Mr Danis Rose.