Sunday, November 6, 2022

A North Carolina Filmmaker Continues to Challenge State Sovereign Immunity!


For nearly two decades, Rick Allen, an experienced underwater videographer and professional photographer, documented the retrieval and recovery process of an 18th century pirate shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina. A dispute over the copyright in the works produced between Allen and the State of North Carolina (the “State”) is now approaching its tenth year. READ MORE

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