The state isn't talking about these lawsuits publicly. But since Allen filed his suit, a nonprofit set up to raise funds for the state's QAR project, Friends of the Queen Anne's Revenge, which is also named in the lawsuits, filed for dissolution in March. Allen filed an amended complaint in March, adding some 80 additional alleged violations of copyright infringement. https://fstoppers.com/business/nc-photographer-sues-state-alleging-copyright-infringement-shipwreck-images-132562