Wow. Cancer. Man this article had a whole lot to say about nothing. “They created these dances but never monetised them”. Really? Pretty sure Snoop made quite a bit off it. Do the Dougie, 2 Milly? Who the hell cares? Oh it's WHITES profiting. Ok. I'm sure EPIC is just a WHITE company and America is a WHITE culture.…

why? Will her batshit psychotic fan base vandalize shit if they say no?

1. Are any of the dances in question ACTUALLY copyrighted?

So were gonna pretend like this type of situation only happened to black people. TThis literally happens to every kind of person in all industries including gaming. 

Why keep saying black creators? Why does it matter the skin color of those artists? I don't understand why you don't just say artists or creators. You wouldn't say white dancers or white artists. Not trying to stir trouble, just saying it comes off kind of racist. 

Bringing race into EVERYTHING mostly serves to separate us as a people who should be working together towards a better future.

All Kotaku is now is race and gender nonsense. It’s a gawker wide policy issued straight from Telemundo HQ

The idea that white people have created nothing and that theyve stolen everything is absurd, if equality and cultural appropriation is at the forefront of everymind then we should relegate it to all races. Nobody but whites are allowed to read anything printed, nobody but blacks can listen to jazz. If you discuss it…

Oh come on.

All i’m getting from these comments is that lots of people seem to want “rhythmic body movements” to be a copyright-able thing.   They would then have no problems whatsoever with large corporate entities owning catalogs of proprietary body movements I’m sure.  Nothing could ever go wrong with that. 

This is the most Kotaku article I’ve read on Kotaku in quite a while!

Hang on. Why are you specifically mentioning “black artists”? Because I know for a fact you wouldn’t specifically mention “white artists”.

Because that is how the law works...

Cool outrage porn post Ethan.  Can’t avoid “The Root” even if we want to anymore.  What a rag.  Let the empty lifers get outraged over race, just make sure you pay your rent on time you lackeys.  

the whole notion of cultural appropriation disgusts me. snoop dog invented a dance, not the self proclaimed hivemind called “we blacks”. you copied that shit the same way every other race did. if any of the artist copied have complaints i would understand, but chance and his racebaiting ass can take a hike.

Because you have to actually file paperwork for it to count. 

Asian here. Can we stop whining about “cultural appropriation” on stuff like this? It’s getting old and annoying. 

Except that Fortnite is copying dances from more than just black artists and those people aren’t being paid either.  But sure, let’s make it all about race instead of artists’ rights in general.

I came down here to post the exact same thing. Fortnite is copying all types of dances which were originally invented by someone else. A large portion of them were created by black artists, but not all. How about we make the discussion about whether Fortnite should be paying royalties to anyone whose dances they are…

For a second there I thought I was on The Root.