Alfonso Ribeiro is suing Fortnite for stealing the Carlton Dance

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flashfire926 said:
Fuck this shit. Hope this dumbass loses,.

Copyrighting body movements is some of the biggest bullshit Ive ever heard. I fear for the precendent set if he comes out victorious.

i think there's a huge difference between copyright normal "body movements" and a creative set of movements that result in a unique dance move or dance routine. So if someone uses someone else dance routine to earn money without the creators blessing, they are opening themselves for a lawsuit imo.

this applies to all sorts of things like, using the same 2 or 3 music notes as another song is not copyright infringement, but a entire set of them surely does. so no one copyright two or three music notes but the entire music, so one or two movements can't be copyrighted but a entire set can be attributed to a certain person as the creator and hold the rights to it.