Avast! Fayetteville Man Continues Lawsuit Against State Over Footage of Blackbeard’s Ship
Videographer Rick Allen says North Carolina illegally copied his work without permission or payment. More than a decade later, he’s still trying to get paid
State repeals ‘Blackbeard’s Law’ challenged by Fayetteville videographer
State lawmakers have repealed “Blackbeard’s Law,” a measure passed in 2015 that Fayetteville underwater photographer Rick Allen believes was an attempt to stop him from suing the state for using his videos and photographs of the notorious pirate’s shipwreck without compensation.
Fayetteville’s Blackbeard shipwreck filmmaker fires back in new court case
Fayetteville filmmaker Rick Allen has filed an amended complaint against the state of North Carolina, alleging misuse of his copyrighted footage of the notorious pirate Blackbeard’s shipwreck, the Queen Anne’s Revenge.