In this week's Top of the Pods Ben King discusses a little reported decision that could have far reaching consequences.
Lucasfilm, the people who own the copyright to Star Wars quietly gave their blessing to people who show their own Star Wars related films online.
The popular video site, YouTube, for example, hosts thousands of these films but this month it took them all down after what they mistakenly thought was a request from Lucasfilm.
Here's how Kevin Rose at the Diggnation podcast told the story: "Lucasfilm tells YouTube to put all removed Star Wars content back online ... Awesome."
That means you can still catch the likes of Chad Vader. This is the story of Darth Vader's less successful younger brother who - still wearing the family's distinctive black cape and mask - works as a day shift manager at a local supermarket.
Top of the Pods appears weekly on Channel 4 News Radio's The Morning Report.
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