Netflix Gets 10th Cir. to Rethink ‘Tiger King’ Copyright Revival

Netflix Inc. convinced an appeals court to reconsider the documentary filmmaking implications of its partial revival of a videographer’s copyright lawsuit over the hit docuseries “Tiger King.”

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated its March revival of a claim by cameraman Timothy Sepi in a Monday order, and requested supplemental briefing on how fair use applies to clips featured in documentary works.

The Tenth Circuit had determined an Oklahoma federal court correctly found seven clips in Sepi’s suit belonged to Joseph Maldonado-Passage, known as Joe Exotic, as works for hire. But the court revived a ...