{"id":5850,"date":"2019-02-26T12:53:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5850"},"modified":"2019-02-27T09:55:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:55:13","slug":"basketball-players-sue-makers-of-fortnite-over-dance-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5850","title":{"rendered":"Basketball Players Sue Makers of Fortnite Over Dance Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fortnite-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fortnite-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fortnite-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fortnite-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fortnite.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Two former University of Maryland men\u2019s basketball players are suing the makers of Fortnite, claiming the video game\u2019s creators misappropriated a dance they popularized online.<\/p>\n<p>The US federal lawsuit, filed on Monday in Maryland, accuses North Carolina-based Epic Games of unfairly profiting from the Running Man Challenge dance.<\/p>\n<p>Jared Nickens and Jaylen Brantley performed it in social media videos and on Ellen DeGeneres\u2019 TV show in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The suit says the Running Man dance that Fortnite players can purchase for their characters is identical to the dance that Nickens and Brantley created.<\/p>\n<p>Other artists, including Brooklyn-based rapper 2 Milly and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro, also have sued Epic Games over other dances depicted in the game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-5850\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5850&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-5850\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5850&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-5850\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5850&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5850\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two former University of Maryland men\u2019s basketball players are suing the makers of Fortnite, claiming the video game\u2019s creators misappropriated a dance they popularized online. 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