Rainey v. Wayne State University

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• holding that an art student’s claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress relating to a professor’s reproduction of her artwork was preempted by the Copyright Act
• finding an emotional distress claim preempted because “the extreme and outrageous conduct which plaintiff relies upon to prove her claim is the unauthorized reproduction of her artwork[,]” which “is exactly what copyright law protects” (alteration added)

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