Star Wars vs Copyright

Radio Berkman by Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

May 2, 201600:12:39Technology

"George Lucas built a whole new industry with Star Wars." says Peter S. Menell, devoted science fiction fan and a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law, who studies copyright and intellectual property law. "But what...

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