[Opinion] 10th Circuit Sides With Netflix in 'Tiger King' Copyright Fight
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10th Circuit Sides With Netflix in 'Tiger King' Copyright Fight
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld a lower court's summary judgment dismissing a suit brought against Netflix and production company Royal Goode claiming copyright infringement related to their documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness...
Tenth Circuit Affirms Fair Use Defense for Documentary’s Use of Video Footage, Clarifies Post-Warhol Standard for Transformativeness
Written by James Berkley & Robert Rotstein On April 30, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a significant published opinion in Whyte Monkee Productions, LLC v. Netflix, Inc., No. 22-6086, affirming summary judgment in favor of Netflix and its production partner Royal Goode Productions in a copyright infringement dispute arising from the 2020 documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. The ruling …
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