{"id":1177568,"date":"2026-02-14T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/roblox-sued-for-allegedly-selling-charli-xcx-dance-without-permission-and-its-like-the-last-five-years-never-happened"},"modified":"2026-02-14T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:11:21","slug":"roblox-sued-for-allegedly-selling-charli-xcx-dance-without-permission-and-its-like-the-last-five-years-never-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/roblox-sued-for-allegedly-selling-charli-xcx-dance-without-permission-and-its-like-the-last-five-years-never-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox sued for allegedly selling Charli XCX dance without permission, and it&#8217;s like the last five years never happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/roblox-sued-for-allegedly-selling-charli-xcx-dance-without-permission-and-its-like-the-last-five-years-never-happened.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nBack when <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a> was getting properly big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fresh-princes-carlton-sues-fortnite-for-copying-his-legendary-dance\">Carlton from the Fresh Prince famously tried to sue Epic Games<\/a> for the use of his dance in the game. (You could also buy the Carlton dance in Destiny, I remember, which I absolutely did, but I suppose Fortnite had just become the biggest game on the planet at the time.)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/roblox-sued-for-allegedly-selling-charli-xcx-dance-without-permission-and-its-like-the-last-five-years-never-happened\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/roblox-sued-for-allegedly-selling-charli-xcx-dance-without-permission-and-its-like-the-last-five-years-never-happened\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back when Fortnite was getting properly big, Carlton from the Fresh Prince famously tried to sue Epic Games for the use of his dance in the game. (You could also buy the Carlton dance in Destiny, I remember, which I absolutely did, but I suppose Fortnite had just become the biggest game on the planet at the time.) 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