OPINION
O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We consider whether federal copyright law preempts state-law claims alleging the unauthorized use of screenplays, videos, and other materials in the production of a cable television series.
I
A
In November 2006, plaintiffs Larry Montz, a parapsychologist, and Daena Smoller, a publicist, filed a complaint in federal district court. They claimed that in 1981, Montz conceived of the concept for...
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