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Case Summary
Allen v. Cooper
Allen v. McCrory, 244 F. Supp. 3d 525 (E.D.N.C. 2017); rev’d and remanded, sub nom. Allen v. Cooper, 895 F.3d 337 (4th Cir. 2018); aff’d, 140 S. Ct. 994 (2020).
Précis
This federal copyright case in North Carolina pitted state’s rights against federal rights. The photographer and videographer Frederick Allen sued the state of North Carolina for copyright infringement and unconstitutional takings of his documentary work on the Blackbeard ship Queen Anne’s Revenge...
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