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Fresh Prince’s Carlton and Backpack Kid Sues Fortnite/Epic For Copyrighted Dances

More celebrities are suing Epic Games over Fortnite‘s dance emotes, and this time it’s Alfonso Ribeiro, who portrayed Carlton Banks in the classic sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Instagram’s the Backpack Kid. The dances in question are none other than the ‘Fresh’ and ‘Floss’ dance emotes in the battle royale game.

“It is widely recognized that Mr. Ribeiro’s likeness and intellectual property have been misappropriated by Epic Games in the most popular video game currently in the world, Fortnite”, said Ribeiro’s lawyer (TMZ via Kotaku).

“Epic has earned record profits off of downloadable content in the game, including emotes like ‘Fresh.’ Yet Epic has failed to compensate or even ask permission from Mr. Ribeiro for the use of his likeness and iconic intellectual property.”

Another lawsuit involving Fortnite dance emotes made headlines earlier this month when Terrance Ferguson AKA 2 Milly sued Epic Games over the ‘Swipe It’ emote which supposedly replicates his Milly Rock dance.

Take a look at Fortnite‘s ‘Fresh’ dance emote and Alfonso Ribeiro’s Carlton Dance from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air below (courtesy of the folks at Cinema Of Gaming)

Fortnite Fresh Lawsuit

Next, check out the iconic performance of the Backpack Kid’s Floss dance with Katy Perry on SNL in comparison with the ‘Floss’ dance emote in Fortnite.

Backpack Kid The Floss


 

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  1. Carlyn Jones

    December 19, 2018 at 11:18 pm

    this is so stupid its just a dance did they not think that people were gonna do it like seriously …if people like the dance they will do it so don’t get mad be happy that they like your dance ….

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