Topic: Fortnite dance unimplication

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

Watsit

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The bulk update request #5851 is active.

remove implication fortnite_default_dance (18) -> fortnite (12175)

Reason: Contrary to its name, the fortnite default dance is not originally from Fortnite:

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fortnite-default-dance

It was originally from an episode of Scrubs, over 10 years before Fortnite's Early Access release. Epic Games has a history of taking preexisting dances for Fortnite:

https://www.wired.com/story/rapper-2-milly-sues-fortnite/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alfonso-ribeiro-sues-fortnite-over-alleged-use-of-carlton-dance-fresh-prince-bel-air/
https://www.pcgamer.com/not-that-complicatedlawsuit-over-fortnite-dance-its-complicated-dismissed-by-judge/

where they argue, successfully, that they're too short and simple to be subject to copyright. As the "default fortnite dance" was not created for Fortnite or owned by Epic, and can be used in animations without anything from Fortnite/Epic visible, this isn't a proper implication.

It might also be a good idea to rename the tag to avoid that confusion in the future (in case someone tries to make an implication request again in the future, or people try to manually tag fortnite because of the tag name), but I don't know what to call it. In either case, removing the implication is the most important step.

EDIT: The bulk update request #5851 (forum #381536) has been approved by @slyroon.

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I wonder if a rename would hurt more than it helps, since I assume more people know it as fortnite default dance than whatever it originally came from.

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