I agree with making Original content.
I don’t Animate so I would have to hire someone to do it.
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The developer forums are not for legal advice and as such are almost guaranteed to give wrong and incomplete answers–speak with a legal professional.
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Considering Fortnite has copied/stolen dozens of dances… I wouldn’t even say you’re copying them. You’d be technically copying the original content creator, in which Fortnite then stole to profit from… and now are getting sued for.
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Personally I would wait for the outcome of this case - if it’s ruled in epic’s favour chances are there is no copyright at all. As always though, it’s best to speak with a legal professional if you’re planning on doing this on any large scale
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Carrying on from SteadyOn, just check terms and conditions for Epic Games as well as the intellectual property which should be inside of it
And review that with a legal professional.
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The dances are so cringy that they shouldn’t be allowed on the basis of social norms. Is that too harsh? Probably.
My nephews won’t stop doing all of those dances.
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There’s a lot of videos on YouTube showing where the Fortnite dances are specifically referenced from, so I do not think they have a copyright on them.
You can find one of the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe2cE-eVhtg
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Lastest Update on the situation
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It should be fine, the owners of the dance wouldn’t pick on one developer in Roblox. But as you said, “a lot of games on Roblox” are doing this which could cause them to tell Roblox to shut it down. But unlikely. Hopefully, I didn’t say what everyone else is saying.
a lot of games on Roblox
Hey!
I highly doubt dance moves from Fortnite are necessarily copyright. I can suggest going through the Fortnite Terms Of Service, just to check.
Also, Developer Forum is not a place to discuss legal issues outside of ROBLOX. So be sure to find more research before coming here.
First of all, I am not completely sure that a dance is something that can be copyrighted.
But the main reason I’d think it’s okay to do it in Roblox is because it is highly doubtful you’d get it exactly like Fortnite due to the complications and how different a roblox character is compared to a fortnite.
It can be copyrighted but it’s complicated.
Yeah I doubt anyone would get into trouble for Using Fortnite dances
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Seeing that there is no such thing as actual “fortnite dances” since fortnite just ripped off pop culture… no.
This is a really interesting question, and I have some knowledge about this.
This may seem off-topic, but a few years ago, PewDiePie did a let’s play on a game called ‘Firewatch’ and the video did really well and there were no issues of course with the upload. Suddenly, PewDiePie apparently did something (I don’t remember what, but all I know is that it wasn’t appropriate) completely unrelated to the game, which the creator of Firewatch did not like. Then, PewDiePie quickly took down the lets plays of the game to avoid copyright. To shorten this, PewDiePie felt forced to take the game down to aviod copyright infringement. He made a video later on explaining how games that YouTubers let’s plays can technically be considered copyright as they are making $$ off of someone else’s work, but 99.9% game creators want them to play their game as it’s free advertising.
Anyways, going back to the “Are Fortnite Dances Copyrighted?”, I’d say this would fit in the same category:
Technically if Fortnite had an issue with users using their dances, they could win a copyright claim, but Epic Games would probably not even bother to do this.
In the end, Fornite could technically make a copyright claim over something like this, but I highly doubt they would even do this as their such a large company. In fact, BuzzFeed made a video on Fortnite Dances and they were not punished in any way. So you should be fine.
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I disagree, as I said above, movements/dances are really hard to completely copyright. And even if they could, it’s impossible to make an exact replica especially in Roblox.
Certain ones like “the twist” I’d say you can’t copyright because it’s based off a real dance, but some of them you could as Fortnite made them. Regardless, I don’t think Fortnite would give someone a problem about it.
If we go with the concept “epic games spent time making it so it’s their copyright to enforce” that means nobody can “dab” as they have spent time in creating that emote, nobody can floss as they created that emote.
You can see where I am going with this I’ve read their terms of service and as I expected it’s kept vague to allow for room. In all honesty use a social dance from fortnite if you would like as about 50% were copied from other sources.
TLDR; Just it if you want, they won’t target you.
You should research and verify with a legal professional. Respecting copyright must be done no matter your size.
In the end you’re going to have to wait for what the outcome is.
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