Netflix’s Win in ‘Narcos’ Copyright Case Affirmed by 11th Cir.

Netflix Inc. didn’t infringe a Colombian journalist’s copyrights with scenes in “Narcos” that she alleged were taken from her memoir about her relationship with drug lord Pablo Escobar, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed Tuesday.

The facts from Virginia Vallejo’s book aren’t entitled to copyright protection, and Netflix didn’t copy any protected elements of her book, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said.

Vallejo alleged that scenes from two chapters of her book “Amando a Pablo, Odiando a Escobar” (“Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar”) were portrayed in the show, which included a journalist character named Valeria Velez. “Caress of a ...