Copyright: UK designer wins Star Wars court battle – The Guardian

Posted August 1st, 2008 in copyright, media, news by sally

“In Hollywood’s annals of the plucky little guy defeating the big guy, it might not quite rank with flying an X-wing fighter and destroying the Death Star with a ‘one in a million’ shot, Luke Skywalker-style. But at the royal courts of justice yesterday British prop designer Andrew Ainsworth was said to be delighted with his victory against the galactic empire of Star Wars creator George Lucas, in a copyright battle over the stormtroopers’ costumes.”

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The Guardian, 1st August 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk