'FORTNITE' VIDEO GAME MAKER CLAIMS DANCE STEPS NOT COPYRIGHTABLE

摘要

The maker of the video game "Fortnite," in which avatars can be maneuvered using selected movements, says a rapper's copyright infringement suit against it must be tossed on the ground that "no one can own a dance step." See Ferguson v. Epic Games, Inc. et ah, 2019 WL 578214 (CD. Cal. 2019). Epic Games Inc. argues in a February 11 memo supporting its motion to dismiss the suit that dance routines are "building blocks of free expression, which are in the public domain for choreographers, dancers and the general public to use, perform and enjoy."