This was filed back on January 4 but has only just emerged, and this means the pair join the likes of 2 Milly, Backpack Kid, and Orange Shirt Kid (or more specifically his mother) filing lawsuits against Epic for the use of in-game emotes. Plaintiffs' videos are the original depictions of the Running Man dance,' the lawsuit says. 'Plaintiffs are the undisputed authors and creators of the wildly popular and immediately recognizable Running Man dance. In recent months we've heard about a lot of lawsuits being aimed at Epic Games over the use of emotes in Fortnite, and while not all of them have gathered steam (the Alfonso Ribeiro case was shut down), another emote has been added to the pile of lawsuits - the Running Man.Īs reported by GameBuz, a new lawsuit has emerged in which former basketball players Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens claims that Epic used the dance without their permission.