North Carolina Tells Supreme Court Copyright Statute Is Unconstitutional

Mealey's (April 24, 2019, 12:04 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an April 22 brief, North Carolina urges the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a videographer’s petition for certiorari in a dispute over the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 (CRCA), arguing that the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly found the statute to be an unconstitutional abrogation of states’ sovereign immunity (Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper III, et al., No. 18-877, U.S. Sup.)....