Tom Cruise Accused Of Copying Hitler's Globe

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Actor Tom Cruise is facing a copyright infringement suit over the use of a replica of Adolf Hitler's globe in his new film Valkyrie.rnThe suit was filed by San Francisco advertising executive Robert Pritikin who claims to own several of Hitler's artefacts, including the notorious globe, which the Fuehrer used to plan his war from his compound in the Bavarian Alps.rnPritikin, who had bought Hitler's globernin 2007 for US$100,000, copyrighted the design of the artefact to prevent the use of its likeness by neo-Nazi groups. He decided to take legal action after he saw a version of the globe in Cruise's movie.