Fortnite makes money from popular dances. Do their choreographers?


Epic Games regularly pays creators for the right to use their dance moves, but a lawyer who successfully sued for copyright infringement is back with a new case. — AFP

Gamers who win an intense match of Fortnite like to celebrate, sometimes with a simple hand gesture but often with a short hip-swaying dance to a popular song.

Think break-dancing moves like the worm, in which a person drops to the floor and rolls his body up and down, or the robot, when arms and legs are bent in a machinelike manner. Other dances are even more complicated and based on social-media sensations.

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