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LITMAN: Whenever anyone performed The Floss on the dance floor in a club, Backpack Kid could bring suit against the club. The club would have to say to people don't wave your arms.
A teenage boy known as “the Backpack Kid” is suing Epic Games, the developers of the video game Fortnite, claiming they have stolen his dance moves. In June, Horning told TMZ he felt Fortnite ...
Lawsuits say that Fortnite creators Epic Games stole three dances — the floss, the Milly Rock and the Carlton Dance — as in-game purchases. But can copyright protect something as simple as a ...
Screen grabs of Russell Horning, “the Backpack Kid,” performing the Floss, a dance he created, and a Fortnite avatar with similar moves, left. By Elizabeth A. Harris Jan. 11, 2019 ...
Fortnite has dance fever and there are so many different styles that you can use to show off your own signature flair. Some dances are based on real-life dances, ... This is the Floss.
Players could either earn "The Floss" as a reward or purchase it for about $5, the complaint says. Horning created the dance two years ago when he was 16 and shot to fame after a performance on SNL.
A split image of a masked character in ‘Fortnite’ doing the ‘Swipe It’ dance and the rapper 2 Milly ... also known as “emotes,” mimic real-life dances like the running man and the floss.
2 Milly, Alfonso Ribeiro, and "Backpack Kid" filed suits this month against Epic Games, saying "Fortnite" copied each of their dance moves.
Who is The Backpack Kid and why is he suing Fortnite? The floss dance was invented by Insta-famous dancer The Backpack Kid, aka 16-year-old Russell Horning, who has 2 million followers.
Floss is the emote. Originally unlocked in the Season 2 Battle Pass, ... This emote brought streamer Pokimane’s viral dance to Fortnite, and it’s still a fan-favorite. Light, fun, ...
In a case of the chicken or the egg, the decision to shift to what was known internally as Epic 4.0 was driven in part by the years-long development of "Fortnite," which began as a small indie ...