4th Circ. Maroons Copyright Fight Over Pirate Ship Pics

By Theresa Schliep ( January 23, 2026, 7:33 PM EST) -- The Fourth Circuit on Friday relieved for good North Carolina's government from a long-running copyright infringement suit over photos and videos of a famous pirate shipwreck, saying a lower court was wrong to revive the claims in the case, which at one point went to the U.S. Supreme Court....

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