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...

Blackbeard's Shipwreck And The Hook! NPR's Dick Gordon speaks with longtime diver Rick Allen, the underwater videographer of the 18th century Blackbeard's pirate ship, about losing his arm in an accident and then being fitted with an iron arm and hand that he now dives with. LISTEN TO PODCAST #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Privateer #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw #NCFilm #Blackbeard300 #IntellectualProperty #lawsuit #SovereignImmunity #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt

NC Claims Shipwreck Video & Images! North Carolina claims shipwreck images and video in its custody are N.C. property in intellectual property rights grab. The law passed in 2015 is still on the books. READ MORE # Pirates # NautilusProductions # Blackbeard # Documentary # StockFootage # Shipwreck # Privateer # Archaeology # EdwardThache # copyright # QueenAnnesRevenge # McCrory # FriendsofQAR # NCDNCR # BlackbeardsLaw # NCFilm # Blackbeard300 # Tricentennial # IntellectualProperty # lawsuit # Piracy # SovereignImmunity # SCOTUS # SupremeCourt #OuterBanks #ourflagmeansdeath

Blackbeard's Head On Display! January 3, 1719: Lt. Robert Maynard returns to Hampton River (Kequitan/Kecoughtan), Virginia with Blackbeard’s head hanging from his bowsprit and Thache's sloop Adventure [II] as his prize. While moored Maynard writes in his log, "Little wind & fair weather, this day I anchored here from North Carolina in the Adventure Sloop Edward Thache formerly Master (a Pyrat) whose head I hung Under the Bowsprete of the Said Sloop in order to present it to ye Colony of Virginia & ye goods and Effects of the said Pyrat I delivered to my Commanders Dispersal." The notorious pirate had been killed dur ing a ferocious battle near Ocracoke , North Carolina. Cannons roared and townspeople cheered when they saw the horrific trophy sailing up the river toward the King Street docks. According to tradition, the head is placed on a pike in the water, at the site now known as Blackbeard’s Point at the entrance to Hampton Creek (now Hampton River,...