Appeals Court Opens Door to New ‘Tiger King’ Analysis (Correct)

The Tenth Circuit appears likely to reverse itself in a copyright case over footage used in Netflix Inc.'s “Tiger King,” a move attorneys said is necessary to correct its misapplication of new US Supreme Court fair use precedent.

Cameraman Timothy Sepi in March convinced the appeals court to nix a lower court’s finding that Netflix made fair use of his footage in its hit 2020 docuseries about the eccentric and controversial life of big cat breeder Joe Exotic. It was the first time an appellate court applied the May 2023 high court ruling in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, ...