State's Wrongs! 

Rick Allen is a professional photographer who specializes in underwater photography. After the discovery off the coast of North Carolina of the wreck of the infamous pirate Blackbeard’s ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, Rick was hired to dive and take photos and video of the shipwreck, which he did for more than a decade. His works have been aired on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and so on.

North Carolina loved Rick’s work so much they posted some of it on state websites, which they did not have Rick’s permission to do. He objected, but they did not stop. When he filed a lawsuit, the state legislature passed a law trying to undermine his rights.

I see blatant copyright infringement by a U.S. state that undoubtedly spent a lot more in litigation costs than it would have needed to pay Rick what it should have paid him at the outset. This is an injustice, plain and simple. READ MORE on Substack

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