Creative people regard copying as an anathema. The designs were developed wholly independently. ‘The BBC has refused to buckle to what it perceives as little more than blackmail, hence the very significant sums that it has been forced to incur in relation to this case’ the barrister went on. ‘He has repeatedly demanded huge sums of money which bear no possible relation to the amounts which designers of such characters are paid. She told the judge: ‘Mr Mitchell, recognising the success of the Kerwhizz project, has made little secret of his desire to hold the BBC to ransom with this claim. Today Jessie Bowhill, for the BBC, attacked Mr Mitchell's demands for millions in compensation as ‘little more than blackmail’. The BBC insist their hit show was developed from an original idea conceived in December 2005, and influenced by Japanese manga, without their designers having seen or been aware of Mr Mitchell's work. Row: Michael Mitchell wants £2m in compensation from the BBC, it has refused to buckle and claims the cartoonist demands are little more than blackmail
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