A copyright row involving images of notorious pirate Blackbeard’s ship is headed for the US Supreme Court.

The court has said it will listen to arguments in the autumn, AP reported.

The wreck of Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, was discovered off the North Carolina coast in 1996.

Nautilus Productions is suing the state of North Carolina for posting some of its videos of the ship on YouTube and using a photo in a newsletter.