Fortnite’s latest in-game emote is a collaboration between Fortnite and Fortnite.’the renegade’ is a viral TikTok dance created by Atlanta teenager jalaiah Harmon.
The game has featured a number of real-world dance emotes copied from pop culture. The dance emotes were invented by black creators and later went viral on social media.
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A number of lawsuits were filed against epic over claims the company infringed on some variety of likeness or copyright by using the dances without permission. Epic is openly citing the creator of the dance its newest emote emote.
Epic is no longer interested in taking existing dances and turning them into emotes without credit. The company held a TikTok dance contest earlier this year with transparent licensing terms.