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When is cosplay a crime?

Category: Business
Duration: 00:09:29
Publish Date: 2025-07-17 07:00:59
Description: Cosplay—or dressing up as your favorite character from pop culture—is fun! But it can fall into a legal gray area when it comes to companies' intellectual property.

Today on the show: a group of cosplayers, Lucasfilm(!), a lawyer, and finding economic symbiosis in order to express yourself.

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