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Since the advent of emotes in Fortnite, Epic Games has been adapting popular dance moves to be used as premium taunts in-game. This has also lead to the company finding themselves in legal hot water, with the rapper 2 Milly recently suing the company for selling his dance move as an emote. Now, another party has joined the lawsuit fray, with Alfonso Ribeiro also claiming that Epic Games has "stolen" his signature dance move, and is using it without asking for his permission. This move is called the Carlton dance, and in Fortnite, it's dubbed as the "Fresh" emote, seemingly a reference to Ribeiro starring on the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. None of the prior allegations over these dances being in Fortnite have gone anywhere, yet, though it is not known if the "Carlton" is definitively copyrighted work to begin with, or if that copyright does not belong to Ribeiro, and instead lies with the company in charge of creating The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, where the dance originated.

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[nWo]

I despise fortnite but, this is ridiculous.

 

[ImmaSpoon]

It's in several other games, but I guess it got too big? I'm sure he knows, but I dunno how he'll win this

 

[Godofcheese]

I wonder
If anyone owns this dance it must be the creators of Fresh Prince, because the dance surfaced / was made on that show, and shown there first.
Sure, it's "his" dance, but not really, unless he trademarked it himself.

 

[Joe88]

He might have a case we will just have to see, epic games even named the emote "Fresh"
also TF2 had the same taunt added almost 2 years before fortnite which they called "The Carlton" and he didn't seem to have a problem with it, something epic games will probably use as an example

 

[DessertArbiter]

i hope he wins just because fortnite sucks, i know he wont tho

 

[AmandaRose]

He has no chance of winning due to the fact that in the past he has freely admited to ripping the dance off from Courtney Cox in Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark video.

 

[Dominator211]

Lol, dude is mad because the game gets more attention than him.

No he gets attention he’s the host of America’s Funniest Videos

 

[VinsCool]

No he gets attention he’s the host of America’s Funniest Videos

Never heard of this so clearly he isn't getting enough attention.
Way to miss the point.

 

[spotanjo3]

Good for him. No company have a right to steal his right without his permission. Love him. He is awesome and funny guy.

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

Please explain why, and how the fuck you patent a dance of all things.

What's next? Patenting hand gestures? No! Patenting expressions!

 

[jrobertdobson]

But aside from the studio owning FP, what about the hired choreographer that probably taught him the move? And the Springsteen video? I could see it maybe having traction if Epic called it "The Carlton" but this... no, just no.

 

[PhiZero]

Please explain why, and how the fuck you patent a dance of all things.

What's next? Patenting hand gestures? No! Patenting expressions!

I know you're joking but https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...o-let-you-like-things-with-glass-8887361.html

That's kinda already done.

 

[Don Jon]

fortnite is cashing in with dough from little kids. shame they cant even settle this with well deserved alfonso behind curtains.
I am on Alfonsos side on this one, credit is due where it belongs

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

I know you're joking but https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...o-let-you-like-things-with-glass-8887361.html

That's kinda already done.

I was completely joking.... Incredible.

 

[Lazyboss]

I will be suing my daughter for having my eyes as well, wish me luck.

 

[Don Jon]

I will be suing my daughter for having my eyes as well, wish me luck.

hopefuly she didnt inherit your low iq as well

 

[Essasetic]

This is getting ridiculous.
What's next? Sue over using an expression? 3 notes in a melody? Haircut? Skin colour?
The amount of stupidity can go on.

I sue fortnite for using the colour green. My favourite colour.

 

[crissal]

Except Michael Jackson never invented the moon walk it was a guy called Cab Calloway in the 1930s and a few other did it before Jackson. Judy Garland does it in the 1950s film meet me in St Louis. The mime artist Marcel Marceau did it as part of his act in the 50s and 60s. Even the wrestler Micheal PS Hays was doing it in the 70s

Well thank you wikipedia, i guess

 

[chartube12]

Saw this on the news before work this morning and my first thought was, again? I remember he sued just dance or something similar for having ‘his’ dance in it.

 

[the_randomizer]

Who honestly gives a rat's ass about his dance?