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A federal court in North Carolina ruled in favor of Oprah Winfrey in a copyright suit brought by a writer who claimed the show “Greenleaf” infringed on her memoir. The court found that the concept of the book and the show are “completely different,” and “there is not even superficial similarity between the two works.”

/ May 12, 2021
FILE - In this March 13, 2018, file photo, actress Oprah Winfrey poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "A Wrinkle In Time" in London. O, The Oprah Magazine is ending its regular monthly print editions with the December 2020 issue after 20 years of publication. The brand, which is among the most recognizable magazines in the U.S., is not going away but will become more “more digitally-centric," said a Hearst spokeswoman Monday. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal court in North Carolina ruled in favor of Oprah Winfrey in a copyright suit brought by a writer who claimed the show “Greenleaf” infringed on her memoir. The court found that the concept of the book and the show are “completely different,” and “there is not even superficial similarity between the two works.”

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