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The Carlton Not Elaborate Enough for Copyright Protection

March 22, 2019 by Brion Raffoul

By Stacey Dunn The US Copyright Office has rejected “The Carlton” dance from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a choreographed routine worthy of copyright protection. While instantly recognizable for decades, the US Copyright Office says that The Carlton is merely a “simple routine that is not registrable …

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