When is Cosplay a crime?

Cosplay – or dress up as your favorite figure from pop culture – is fun! But it may Fall into a legal gray area when it comes to the intellectual property of companies.

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

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