It's a 21st-century case of alleged digital piracy — one that involves a pirate from more than 300 years ago.
A 3,000-pound anchor from Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, is recovered in 2011. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving videos of the salvage operation.
At issue in the case, brought by a videographer who has filmed the wreckage of the Queen Anne’s Revenge since it was discovered in 1996, is a broad question of whether authors, musicians, video producers and others may sue a state agency and collect damages if the government makes use of their works without permission.shield that protects states from many types of lawsuits. In this case, the Recording Industry Assn.
A model of Queen Anne's Revenge, flagship of the 18th century pirate Blackbeard, at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, N.C.
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