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North Carolina teacher files copyright infringement suit against Netflix’s Outer Banks – 9TheFIX
Striking similarities
A North Carolina English teacher and author has filed a lawsuit against Netflix and the creators of their hit show Outer Banks, claiming copyright infringement.
The official complaint was filed on December 21 by Kevin Wooten, who is the author of the 2016 novel Pennywise: The Hunt for Blackbeard’s Treasure. Wooten claims that Netflix and the creators of Outer Banks Josh Pate, Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke got the plot for the show from his book.
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The suit alleges that both the show and the…
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