Copyright - 4th Cir.: Case-by-case theory of sovereign immunity will have to wait another day

Allen discovered that his work had been uploaded to an NC-operated YouTube channel and onto other social media platforms. Two years later, the State formally commandeered the footage for itself by enacting a statute, widely referred to as Blackbeard’s Law, that declared all photographs or video recordings of any “derelict vessel or shipwreck” to be considered public records. READ MORE

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