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Netflix Wants Teacher s Outer Banks Copyright Suit Tossed
Law360 (March 2, 2021, 3:31 PM EST) Netflix Inc. has urged a Georgia federal court to throw out a copyright infringement suit over its series Outer Banks, saying the show isn t substantially similar enough to a book written by a high school teacher for the teacher s infringement claim to survive.
Nextflix on Monday pushed back on allegations by teacher Kevin Wooten of North Carolina that the television show copied key character and plot elements from his book Pennywise: The Hunt for Blackbeard s Treasure! Netflix is seeking to have the suit dismissed.
Wooten s December copyright infringement suit contends his book and the Netflix series are appreciably alike, with both.
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
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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