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A lawsuit that accuses Epic Games of including a copyrighted dance in Fortnite without the creator's permission has been dismissed.
The suit was filed by YouTuber and choreographer Kyle Hanagami, which alleged that an emote in the game copies the hook of Hanagami's own copyrighted dance routine.
The ruling, given by a judge for the Central District of California, said that while entire choreographies can be copyrighted, individual moves and steps alone cannot. As a result, the court has said that Hanagami's routine and the Fortnite emote don't share enough creative similarities for the suit to stand up, as spotted by PCGamesN.