Netflix Sued for Allegedly Stealing Idea for 'Outer Banks'
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The streaming giant has been slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit by an author for allegedly ripping off his book 'Pennywise: The Hunt for Blackbeard's Treasure.'
Dec 30, 2020
AceShowbiz -
Netflix is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from an author who claims they stole the idea for their hit show "
Kevin Wooten filed his lawsuit on 21 December (20), alleging the streaming service - and creators of the programme - ripped the premise for the show from his 2016 novel, "
Pennywise: The Hunt for Blackbeard's Treasure".
In the lawsuit, Wooten, who also works as an English teacher in North Carolina, claims that "Outer Banks" - which stars