Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge

N.C. Faces New Federal Claims in Blackbeard Copyright Case! The infamous pirate Blackbeard was once the scourge of the Atlantic but over 300 years later a different kind of pirate sails North Carolina’s waters. And a case heard at the United States Supreme Court has returned to Raleigh. On February 8 th , 2023 filmmaker Frederick Allen of Nautilus Productions, filed an amended complaint in Allen v. Cooper against the state of North Carolina and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) over the misuse of Allen’s copyrighted footage of Blackbeard’s shipwreck, the Queen Anne’s Revenge . According to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, North Carolina pirated Allen’s footage of Blackbeard’s flagship, and then passed “ Blackbeard’s Law ” (N.C. §121-25(b)) in 2015 to justify that misuse. North Carolina has argued that Allen and other creators are barred from suing states and state enti...

Piracy Continues, But It's Not Blackbeard! November 22, 1719: Lt. Robert Maynard of the HMS Pearl complains to the Lords of the Admiralty that the bounty due to him for killing and capturing Blackbeard and his crew has not been paid. The petition states that "you refuse to distribute among them the Prize Money for taking Teach the Pirate, according to the Articles of Agreement, on which they undertook to go upon that Action, as also you have used them hardly in several other respects, and their Lordsp. are pleased to direct that you return a very particular answer to the whole."   The bounties for Blackbeard and his crew are as follows; Edward Thach Capt.               £200 Hezekia Hands, Master           £40 John Carnes                      ...

A Battle is Brewing !    November 21, 1718: Lt. Robert Maynard and sixty of his troops from the HMS Pearl , dispatched by Virginia Gov. Alexander Spotswood, arrive at Ocracoke, N.C. with a pair of sloops. The Jane and the Ranger spy Blackbeard's sloop Adventure [II] at anchor. Trouble is on the horizon...  READ MORE    #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 #OuterBanks #ourflagmeansdeath

International Talk Like A Pirate Day!     Arrrgh! We may not all talk like pirates matey's but we can explore the wreck of Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne' Revenge ! From the Nautilus Productions stock footage collection.   #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #history #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw #NCFilm #Blackbeard300 #OuterBanks #ourflagmeansdeath

450,000 Views of Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge! Blackbeard the pirate's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was discovered in 1996 by Intersal, Inc. Join Nautilus Productions & underwater archaeologists from the Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project as they explore the 300 year old wreck site near Beaufort Inlet, NC. Blackbeard/Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR) stock footage can be licensed from Nautilus Productions.  MORE #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #history #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw #NCFilm #Blackbeard300 #IntellectualProperty #lawsuit #SovereignImmunity #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt

When the State Becomes the Pirate! The real story of modern-day piracy on Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge you may not know. READ MORE #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Privateer #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #history #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw #NCFilm #Blackbeard300 #IntellectualProperty #lawsuit #SovereignImmunity #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #longwayaround

Battle of Cape Fear River! September 26-27, 1718: Stede Bonnet, 46 pirates, his sloop the Royal James , and two others were attacked by two eight-gun sloops, the Henry with 8 guns and 70 men captained by John Masters and the Sea Nymph , with 8 Guns and 60 men captained by Fayrer Hall, sent by governor Robert Johnson of South Carolina. The Battle of Cape Fear River , which occurred just South of Wilmington, NC at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, lasted nearly six hours and ended when the rising tide allowed the government troops to refloat their vessels while Bonnet was still hard aground. Bonnet and his pirates surrendered and were later taken to Charleston, SC on October 3, 1718.  READ MORE #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Privateer #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw ...