Rapper 2 Milly has sued Epic Games for, among other things, allegedly infringing copyright in Milly’s signature dance moves by selling the dance moves as a character emote in their popular FortniteTM game. The case may help clarify to what extent dance moves can be copyrighted under American law. See more on the lawsuit here and the US Copyright Office’s position on copyright in dances here.
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