1. 12-20-18 01:22 PM #1
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    'Fresh Prince' star sues Fortnite makers over 'Carlton' dance

    Alfonso Ribeiro claims in a new lawsuit that Fortnite's maker, Epic Games, has "made a fortune" off his dance made famous on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."

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  2. 12-20-18 01:25 PM #2
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    people just trying to suck off the fortnite tit
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  3. 12-20-18 01:39 PM #3
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    Broke dik must need some money.
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  4. 12-20-18 02:24 PM #4
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    Friggin Riberio, use to like his character until I saw how obnoxious he was in real life.
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  5. 12-20-18 05:13 PM #5
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    In a world where "He's So Fine" is "stolen" by "My Sweet Lord" and "Ghostbusters" is a rip-off of "I Wanna New Drug".....


    Get that money, Carlton.....
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  6. 12-22-18 08:23 PM #6
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    he told people he based the dance off courtney cox (springsteen video?) and someone else...... so not sure he has strong case.
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  7. 12-23-18 02:31 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by gojetsgomoxies View Post
    he told people he based the dance off courtney cox (springsteen video?) and someone else...... so not sure he has strong case.

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  8. 12-23-18 06:49 AM #8
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    Pretty sure his dance has been mimicked many times before
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  9. 12-23-18 09:17 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by gojetsgomoxies View Post
    he told people he based the dance off courtney cox (springsteen video?) and someone else...... so not sure he has strong case.
    Key words in there "based off"...Fornite just straight up copies dances.

    Hope all the people they took dances from sue.
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  10. 12-23-18 09:33 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by MaltedHopsFrenzy View Post
    In a world where "He's So Fine" is "stolen" by "My Sweet Lord" and "Ghostbusters" is a rip-off of "I Wanna New Drug".....


    Get that money, Carlton.....
    Ghostbusters was definitively a rip off of Huey Lewis' I want a new drug.
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  11. 12-23-18 09:45 AM #11
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    Can you copyright a dance and did he do it? I think probably no to both. Even if he wins, he doesn't own the Carlton character, the writers and producers do. Does he have a producer credit for the show? Was he a writer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    Can you copyright a dance and did he do it? I think probably no to both. Even if he wins, he doesn't own the Carlton character, the writers and producers do. Does he have a producer credit for the show? Was he a writer?

    Was wondering the same thing.
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  13. 12-23-18 11:00 AM #13
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    I was reading the article explaining the basis of the suit here

    https://www.businessinsider.com/fres...lained-2018-12

    And I was like - ok I kind of get it. Not really sure how you prove it but ok...

    And then I read this

    One demand is clear in all three cases: "The artists wanna be credited. Without that, it's very much cultural misappropriation."
    uhhh no

    How is a video game copying a black guy dancing like a white chick cultural misappropriation?
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  14. 12-23-18 04:07 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit View Post
    Ghostbusters was definitively a rip off of Huey Lewis' I want a new drug.
    two horrible songs, although ghostbusters is fun.

    not certain about this, but i believe the courts upheld vanilla ice song as original as per queen "under pressure". seems like a bizarre decision
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  15. 12-23-18 04:14 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by gojetsgomoxies View Post
    two horrible songs, although ghostbusters is fun.

    not certain about this, but i believe the courts upheld vanilla ice song as original as per queen "under pressure". seems like a bizarre decision
    Pretty sure Vanilla Ice got hit with huge royalty penalties but ultimately ended up buying the rights to that song.
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    Feds tell Alfonso Ribeiro he can’t copyright ‘Carlton’ moves

    LOS ANGELES — “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Alfonso Ribeiro has been denied a copyright for the “Carlton” dance, which he’s suing two videogame makers over.

    The denial from the U.S. Copyright Office was revealed Wednesday in a motion to dismiss Ribeiro’s lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive, the makers of NBA 2K16, which Ribeiro says illegally makes use of the dance. The document denying the copyright says the moves in the “Carlton” represent a simple dance routine rather than a work of choreography, which can be copyrighted.

    A hearing on the motion to dismiss is scheduled for March 18.

    Ribeiro’s dance was popularized through his character, Carlton Banks, on the 1990s sitcom.

    He’s also suing Epic Games over the use of the dance in “Fortnite,” joining several rappers suing the game over dances.

    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-carlton-moves
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  17. 02-15-19 01:27 PM #17
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    He made it famous, but wouldn't it be the actual creators or producers of the show to have claim to that dance?
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    I hope Carlton takes them to the cleaners!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    I hope Carlton takes them to the cleaners!
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  20. 02-15-19 03:48 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    Can you copyright a dance and did he do it? I think probably no to both. Even if he wins, he doesn't own the Carlton character, the writers and producers do. Does he have a producer credit for the show? Was he a writer?

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  21. 02-15-19 07:33 PM #21
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    Next stop, Celebrity Big Brother
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  22. 02-16-19 12:04 AM #22
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    Carlton should be suing damn near every white guy in America.

    That’s pretty much the no-rhythem white guy dance that’s been going on in clubs for years.
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  23. 02-17-19 07:16 PM #23
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    How do you copyright a dance?

    Every movie has a dance sequence in...
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