Send us a textCover photo of Rick Allen - copyright Cindy Burnham, Lucky Shot Productions To learn more, please visit Escapist Magazine's coverage about the copyright suit surrounding Queen Anne's Revenge and the U.S. Supreme Court's March 2020 decision in Allen, et al. v. Cooper, Governor of North Carolina, et al.Show Notes:September 2022 2ND Saturday Discussion:1:04 Background of Blackbeard and Queen Anne’s Revenge4:00 Intersal handed shipwreck over to NC; kept media rights, replica rights4:45 Allen’s shooting underwater footage to document recovery of shipwreck5:50 Allen agreed to license his footage and give Intersal 25% gross profits from that6:25 2013 - changes with new NC administration - NC had been using footage commercially7:25 NC hired other production companies in violation of Intersal’s media rights7:45 Intersal filed complaint in NC’s Office of Administrative Hearings 7:55 Allen revoked NC’s rights to use Allen’s footage8:00 Oct 2013 settlement w/ NC, Intersal and Allen9:10 NC violations of settlement935 2015 Blackbeard’s Law 10:15 Dec 2015 - Allen's suit against NC 10:45 Copyright Remedy Clarification Act12:10 9-0 ruling by SCOTUS that CRCA was unconstitutional13:50 Motion for Reconsideration14:25 takings clause argument 15:25 NC appealed district court’s grant of MFR to the 4th Circuit16:00 summary of timeline18:00 Jan Felman’s question 20:20 Indiana suit sited Allen v. Cooper 20:50 Michael Bynum’s suit against Texas A&M over copyright infringement23:35 Andrew Smith’s question 25:15 pattern by the state required - 16 cases cited by Allen of states violating copyrights26:00 US copyright office verified 160 cases initiated against states for copyright violations28:10 Emily Gould’s question 31:30 Summary of points from Q&A32:45 financial impact of a museum created for shipwreck on the NC community36:20 Andrew Smith’s FU questions 38:30 Gina McKlveen’s question 43:23 Enid Lutswana’s question 47:00 Update on Allen v. Cooper47:51 January 2023 stay lifted; denied NC’s petition requesting court to reconsider granting motion for reconsideration; and granted request to file amended complaint 49:00 NC’s Blackbeard Law alleged to be bill of attainder51:00 Texas A&M case 51:45 libraries to be charged fees by book publishers52:25 Jim Olive lost sui52:10 Indiana case 54:15 TX Supreme Court in Olive 55:30 Allen’s view of the precedent he’s creating58:25 NC’s failure to reach out to settle suit59:45 whether Allen’s view of justice has been jaded01:01:30 chilling effect from NC’s position01:03:50 definition of justice 01:06:00 legacy01:08:00 legal team01:11:00 status of shipwreck 01:11:30 Intersal’s suit Please share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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