Epic Games facing another lawsuit over Running Man emote in Fortnite The Ellen Show \/ Epic GamesFortnite developers Epic Games are being sued, yet again \u2013 this time, for using the famed \u2018Running Man\u2019 dance an in-game emote. Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens, two former basketball players for the University of Maryland, argue that Epic used their dance without permission \u2013 and claimed that the company is profiting from African American culture. \u201cEpic has also consistently sought to exploit African American talent, in particular in Fortnite, by copying their dances and movement,\u201d their suit reads. Brantley & Nickens v. E\u2026 by on Scribd Brantley and Nickens brought the \u2018Running Man\u2019 dance to fame after creating the \u2018Running Man Challenge\u2019 in 2016, which later resulted in the two being invited onto the Ellen Show. However, some dispute arose as to who actually owns rights to the dance, as the challenge was originally incepted by students Kevin Vincent and Jerry Hall, who likewise made an appearance on the Ellen Show. Brantley himself admitted to gaining inspiration for the challenge from a video, which showed a Jersey native doing the \u2018Running Man\u2019 dance \u2013 which has also been credited to New Jersey club dances, at large. This isn\u2019t the first time Epic has been sued for using popular dances as purchasable emotes, either; the company is also facing suits from \u2018Fresh Prince\u2019 actor Alfonso Ribeiro, rappers 2 Milly and BlocBoy JB, and even \u2018Orange Shirt Kid\u2019 and \u2018Backpack Kid,\u2019 to boot. However, Epic\u2019s response to 2 Milly\u2019s lawsuit could point to their stance on the matter, as their attorney stated that \u201cno one can own a dance step.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic Games facing another lawsuit over Running Man emote in Fortnite The Ellen Show \/ Epic GamesFortnite developers Epic Games are being sued, yet again \u2013 this time, for using the famed \u2018Running Man\u2019 dance an in-game emote. Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens, two former basketball players for the University of Maryland, argue that Epic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}