Update 2/15: Fresh Prince of Bel Air star Alfonso Ribeiro’a lawsuit against Fortnite for the inclusion of the famous “Carlton Dance” in the battle royale game has hit a major snag, as the U.S. Copyright Office has called into question his attempts to copyright the dance.
In a letter posted by The Hollywood Reporter, Saskia Florence of the Copyright Office’s Arts Division, said Ribeiro’s copyright request should be refused on the basis of the dance being “a simple dance routine.”
“The combination of these three dance steps is a simple routine that is not registrable as a choreographic work,” the letter readers after laying out the specific movements. Florence then follows up this description by refusing the registration claim.
Source: IGN Video Games All
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