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Alfonso Ribeiro Sues Fortnite and NBA 2K Creators for Stealing Carlton Dance(Update: Backpack Kid sues Epic as well)
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Anyone wanting to know from an actual copyright attorney if you can copyright dances? Here you go.
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Good. I get copyright stuff can go too far, but fortnite giving 0 credit or any money compensation was kind of dumb
Off though since i would have assumed the netword would try and copyright the dance, and not alfonso himself
Off though since i would have assumed the netword would try and copyright the dance, and not alfonso himself
"The Carlton" is so special though. It's clearly Mr. Ribiero who created and popularized the dance. It's really iconic.
I still remember watching the show and having a blast. That dance was so fun, lol.
I don't know, man. I think he deserves full credit and compensation. This is clearly his stuff being used to make money.
My opinion is that it's completely unfair to be using the dance that someone clearly created and made popular on national TV, and use it commercially without paying anything.
I still remember watching the show and having a blast. That dance was so fun, lol.
I don't know, man. I think he deserves full credit and compensation. This is clearly his stuff being used to make money.
My opinion is that it's completely unfair to be using the dance that someone clearly created and made popular on national TV, and use it commercially without paying anything.
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Iiirc Destiny 1 did it first and you had to pay for it directly. But obviously it was never as popular as fortnite.
And honestly, unlike the other dance moves like Donald Faison's dance from Scrubs, The Carlton is actually an iconic dance and it can fully be credited to Alfonso Ribero and no one else for making it popular and iconic.
And honestly, unlike the other dance moves like Donald Faison's dance from Scrubs, The Carlton is actually an iconic dance and it can fully be credited to Alfonso Ribero and no one else for making it popular and iconic.
I love him as an actor, I don't think he'll win just like everyone else who I also think wouldn't win since they didn't already have it copyrighted before all of this but if anyone was gonna have a chance it's him, that dance is clearly iconic because of him.
which is what the actor brought on to the show, taking some ideas from dance moves he's seen.
I don't know if you can own a dance in this manner, but if you can, then this one definitely belongs to Alfonso.
I bought that one and was SUPER disappointed when I found out it wouldn't transfer to Destiny 2.
I still don't think that the copyright claim holds any water...buuuutttt, I do believe that Epic/Bungie/All companies really need to at least credit who create or at the very least popularized the dance moves.
My old boss is probably having a filed day with this, haha.
My old boss is probably having a filed day with this, haha.
There's a video at the top of the post that explains that you can copyright these things. The question is whether or not it's infringement.
Am I having a memory malfunction or is the tone in this thread different then when 2 Milly sued Fortnite?
Except he's said publicly Courtney Cox's dance was the basis. The only people that are likely to get paid out of this whole Fortnite dance situation are the lawyers.
He probably dont know about it. Quick, tweet him so he can sue more studios.how did Bungie get away with it?
Actually NM, Destiny isn't relevant anymore.
This is lame
Hmmm... that's more than a move. Up to the courts whether it qualifies as a dance though.
Edit: Wait. What is the Carlton dance? Is it both of those moves in the Fortnite vid or only a single one? The video in OP doesn't show the second part as far as a I can see.
Edit: Wait. What is the Carlton dance? Is it both of those moves in the Fortnite vid or only a single one? The video in OP doesn't show the second part as far as a I can see.
Not as popular outside of gaming.how did Bungie get away with it?
Actually NM, Destiny isn't relevant anymore.
So what's interesting about this is that it's still just his opinion and why he personally thinks you can copy right a dance move. There's no real case for these video game dances yet. It'll be a case by case bases. That said, I think any game dev implementing dance moves into their games should get permission.
