Epic Games is having another bad week after getting lots of negative feedback for their Fortnite update; now, the game has been hit with a lawsuit. Dance choreographer Kyle Hanagami is taking Epic Games to court for copyright infringement over the "It's Complicated" dance featured in Fortnite. Hanagami created the dance moves, and the lawsuit states Epic "did not credit Hanagami nor seek his consent to use, display, reproduce, sell, or create a derivative work based on the Registered Choreography."
The dance move was first introduced by Hanagami back in 2017, and the dance then appeared in Fortnite in 2020.David Hecht, the lawyer representing Hanagami, posted a video on Youtube that compares the dance Hanagami put together for Charlie Puth's How Long to Fortnite's "It's Complicated" emote. You can see lots of similar moves and timing. Hanagami asks for the emote to be removed from the game and reimbursement for legal fees and an unspecified compensation amount.
The choreographer has worked with Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, NSYNC, etc. You can check out the video comparing the moves below:
