‘Bye Bye Bye’ dance creator, Darrin Henson, sued Sony for licensing his dance to Deadpool & Wolverine and Fortnite. Henson, a black choreographer, says the licensing has resulted in the whitewashing and the erasure of all diversity associated with his work and its origins.
Bogus claim but I hate deadpools comedy so I hope he wins.
adularia- on
Black creators should be compensated and recognized for their work. Not that crazy of a concept.
AhhBisto on
I’ve seen stuff like this especially when it comes to Fortnite and the dancing and I don’t know if it goes well for the creator of the dance which really boils my piss. Choreography is a fantastic art form and creators should have similar rights that a musician has.
I’m not entirely sure about the whitewashing thing though, he created the dance for a white boy band right? Someone better equipped than me maybe could explain it better.
No-Wall520 on
I have conflicting feelings on this because on one hand black creators have been getting fucked over for literal centuries and truly deserve the credit for the societal innovations they’ve made, on the other hand the thought of having a copyright on a dance is utterly ridiculous and shows how stupid copyright law is in general.
fromouterspace1 on
Is this a suit he could actually win?
Different_Hornet_859 on
Isn’t already whitewashed since NSYNC did it.
Difficult_Clerk_1273 on
I’m not sure I understand. The dance in question was made famous by these guys, but licensing to *movies* was the tipping point that “erased diversity”?
To be clear, I do think he should be compensated for all uses of his choreography. I’m not questioning that.
mandatory_french_guy on
It seems pretty clear that Sony have to be compensating the choreographer for the choreography, that he was not paid when they made it a Fortnite Emote is even more exploitative. There’s been such a continuous string of shit shows regarding Fortnite emote copyrights and it’s bad enough when Epic just steal shit, but for Sony to essentially sell something they dont own is even worse
FabulousFlower144 on
Any 90s kid knows Darrin was THE choreographer. Everyone had a copy of Darrin’s Dance Moves.
CoverCommercial3576 on
wha?
RedisforFun on
Darrin’s dance grooves!!! I definitely asked my parents for this as a child. I knew this dance from NSYNC, but his infomercial made you know he is who originated the choreography.
StrangeWinterSpider on
Who is giving him credit? Like the actual movie or the public? I’m not defending ‘dancepool’ but I’m just trying to understand.
I completely agree, Creators should get compensation. But this seems a bit much? The public is notorious for not knowing origins or skewing original versions. Not a movies fault I think.
I worked at Target, parents would come in asking for “Pokémon Go” merch. Not “Pokémon”, because kids only understood that. Or they would come in and ask for Fortnite clothes. Okay sure, showed them the shelf’s, nope. They wanted Batman stuff (he was introduced in Fortnite) but kids and parents don’t know it’s a completely different IP.
Lots of dances in fornite have their origin, but to kids, it’s just a “fornite dance/emote”.
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Bogus claim but I hate deadpools comedy so I hope he wins.
Black creators should be compensated and recognized for their work. Not that crazy of a concept.
I’ve seen stuff like this especially when it comes to Fortnite and the dancing and I don’t know if it goes well for the creator of the dance which really boils my piss. Choreography is a fantastic art form and creators should have similar rights that a musician has.
I’m not entirely sure about the whitewashing thing though, he created the dance for a white boy band right? Someone better equipped than me maybe could explain it better.
I have conflicting feelings on this because on one hand black creators have been getting fucked over for literal centuries and truly deserve the credit for the societal innovations they’ve made, on the other hand the thought of having a copyright on a dance is utterly ridiculous and shows how stupid copyright law is in general.
Is this a suit he could actually win?
Isn’t already whitewashed since NSYNC did it.
I’m not sure I understand. The dance in question was made famous by these guys, but licensing to *movies* was the tipping point that “erased diversity”?
https://preview.redd.it/qif9t0iiucxg1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f10ece707833453d503f30a0582a3e5c13ba89db
To be clear, I do think he should be compensated for all uses of his choreography. I’m not questioning that.
It seems pretty clear that Sony have to be compensating the choreographer for the choreography, that he was not paid when they made it a Fortnite Emote is even more exploitative. There’s been such a continuous string of shit shows regarding Fortnite emote copyrights and it’s bad enough when Epic just steal shit, but for Sony to essentially sell something they dont own is even worse
Any 90s kid knows Darrin was THE choreographer. Everyone had a copy of Darrin’s Dance Moves.
wha?
Darrin’s dance grooves!!! I definitely asked my parents for this as a child. I knew this dance from NSYNC, but his infomercial made you know he is who originated the choreography.
Who is giving him credit? Like the actual movie or the public? I’m not defending ‘dancepool’ but I’m just trying to understand.
I completely agree, Creators should get compensation. But this seems a bit much? The public is notorious for not knowing origins or skewing original versions. Not a movies fault I think.
I worked at Target, parents would come in asking for “Pokémon Go” merch. Not “Pokémon”, because kids only understood that. Or they would come in and ask for Fortnite clothes. Okay sure, showed them the shelf’s, nope. They wanted Batman stuff (he was introduced in Fortnite) but kids and parents don’t know it’s a completely different IP.
Lots of dances in fornite have their origin, but to kids, it’s just a “fornite dance/emote”.