Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge

‘A hand for Rick’: Underwater videographer Rick Allen overcomes near fatal accident Underwater videographer Rick Allen was nearly killed when an oxygen tank exploded at his home. A wide circle of friends cheered him to recovery. "Don’t worry about getting back in the water. Swimming in circles is not so bad... I should know; that’s what my daughters told me when I had my knee replaced,” one blogger commented. It was a reference to Allen’s love of the ocean, where he makes a living as a videographer and filmmaker. Since about 1998, he has been documenting the archaeological reclamation of the pirate Blackbeard’s shipwreck, the Queen Anne’s Revenge . READ THE STORY 10/30/2011 #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Privateer #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw #NCFilm #Bla...

United States Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Blackbeard Copyright Case Modern Day Piracy on the Queen Anne’s Revenge In 2015, according to a complaint filed in federal court, North Carolina pirated footage of Blackbeard flagship, the QueenAnne’s Revenge . Then North Carolina passed “ Blackbeard’s Law ” to justify that misuse. Rick Allen of Nautilus Productions is now taking his case to the Supreme Court of the United States. The issue is whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act in providing remedies for authors of original expression whose federal copyrights are infringed by states. North Carolina maintains that sovereign immunity prevents it from being held liable for damages, as other copyright infringers would be. Nautilus owner, Rick Allen, stated, “We are obviously gratified that the United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear our case. The Constitution of the United States of America exp...