By Kevin E. Noonan -- In a decision containing not a small amount of whimsy (more regarding that aspect anon), Justice Kagan, joined almost unanimously by her brethren today upheld a State's (here, North Carolina) sovereign immunity against suit for copyright infringement, in Allen v. Cooper. The case (and the whimsy) arose over Petitioner Allen's suit against North Carolina's unauthorized use of copyrighted materials relating to the discovery and salvage of the pirate Blackbeard's "flagship" Revenge off the coastal waters of that state and, hence, being State property. Petitioner relied on the provisions of the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of...
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
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