Forza Horizon 4 removes Carlton and Floss dances from game after Fortnite lawsuit
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lucidus
Isn't Epic itself being targeted by these kinds of lawsuits? Shitty company ...
sverek
would really suck if car manufacturers sue them for using their cars š
Forza marathon.
lucidus
Well, car licenses expire and they can't sell any more copies so there's that. FH2 can't be bought any more unless you get a second hand disc.
emperorsfist
Well, a marathon game would be kina unique, I guess...
alanm
Car manufacturers actually pay to have their cars in games.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/car-in-video-games_n_3793607.html
magiQx
thats what i thought. Cant it also work like some kind of free advertising? Then again, i cant imagine the average console/PC player go out and just buy a Koenigsegg because he liked it in a game.
Astyanax
Thats not how licenses work.
The licensee is permitted to continue to sell the existing content under the expired license but may not create future products with the licensed content.
The excuse of a license ending is a farce, microsoft knows it and copyright attorneys know it too.
INSTG8R
Could they just take all of them? They are the most annoying thing in the game then the clothes. Iām in a car,to drive shallow fluff every reward wheelspin that brings nothing to the game.
Netherwind
How can the Floss guy sue Epic for something that isn't his anyway? Weird AF.
999Anticlock9wiSe
silly thing to do
you cant take custody or own a dance move.
Venix
i just copyrighted 1st aid chest compression movements as my dance calling it .... push to love .... let's go with that ! So next time someone next to you having a heart attack how much they worth to you ? if you want to use those movements to save em ...you have to pay me .
ManuKey
What a loss...
Fartnite is by far the gayest thing that ever exist
Koniakki
So, Alfonso Ribeiro sues Fortnite which in turn they sue Forza Horizon 4. lol That's so funny.
reix2x
Today kids are going to be the millionaires of tomorrow
XP-200
Nothing of substance was lost, but no doubt they as simply taking a precautionary measure just in case.
Loobyluggs
https://media.giphy.com/media/ixNAIOtIMO3YY/giphy.gif
Not even HAL was that fearful, paranoid and sociopathic...
JamesSneed
I suspect they just don't want to deal with a law suite. You can trademark a dance move and its name but really don't think that would hove up here.
D3M1G0D
No, I think this is a preventive measure to avoid being sued. Basically, the creators of FH4 don't want to attract the same kinds of lawsuits that Fortnite is currently going through.
dragonlord
You can't copyright these short sequences of moves.
This is the government copyright office doc.
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ52.pdf
"Individual movements or dance steps by themselves are not copyrightable, such as the basic waltz step, the hustle step, the grapevine, or the second position in classical ballet. The U.S. Copyright Office cannot register short dance routines consisting of only a few movements or steps with minor linear or spatial variations, even if a routine is novel or distinctive.
Examples of commonplace movements or gestures that do not qualify for registration as choreographic works or pantomimes include
ā¢ A set of movements whereby a group of people spell out letters with their arms
ā¢ Yoga positions
ā¢ A celebratory end zone dance move or athletic victory gesture"
These morons just capitulated to something wherein the plaintiffs simply have no case whatsoever.
Roboionator
HI,
Maybe someone knows where to buy at the lowest price? š
