Blackbeard Filmmaker Battles for His Rights on World IP Day!
A lawsuit involving North Carolina’s repeated piracy of documentary footage created by videographer Rick Allen’s unique underwater images of Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, is headed to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Terrence Boyle’s ruling allows Allen to proceed with his claims against [North Carolina's Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR)]. “Allen has plausibly stated a claim that the DNCR infringed on his copyrights. It is undisputed that Allen holds valid copyrights in the materials he alleges th[at] DNCR infringed… Allen provides detailed accounts of his copyrights and the DNCR's alleged infringements of specific copyrights by copying, displaying, distributing, and performing his works without permission online and in a state museum.”
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