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JUDGE TOSSES
EX-BASKETBALL
PLAYERS’
‘FORTNITE’
DANCE LAWSUIT
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in
which two former University of Maryland
men’s basketball players accused makers of the
“Fortnite” video game of misappropriating a
dance move that the ex-teammates popularized.
U.S. District Judge Paul Grimm in Maryland ruled
Friday that the Copyright Act preempts claims
that Jared Nickens and Jaylen Brantley filed in
February 2019 against Epic Games Inc., creator
of the wildly popular online shooting game.
Nickens and Brantley claimed the Cary, North
Carolina-based company misappropriated their
identities by digitally copying the “Running Man
Challenge” dance that they performed in social
media videos and on “The Ellen DeGeneres
Show” in 2016.
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