Kelley Heyer, an influential viral dance dance to the song Charli XCX “Apple”, Poche Roblox, claiming that he used “Apple Dance” in the game and gained her job without her permission.
If you are not exactly about the hip trends of newborn people,Apple Dance“Exactly what he says on the can: a catchy dance developed by Heyer and made available by Tiktok to the song Charli XCX” Apple “. Dance has become extremely popular, to the extent that he shouted on the Charli XCX and shared route Carli X’s Tiktok.
No wonder that Roblox wanted Apple Dance as part of the cooperation of Charli XCX and one of the most popular games in Roblox: Creative Fashion Contest Game Game to impress. Noticed by PolygonLast week, a lawsuit was filed in California, in which Heyer claims that Robox originally contacted her to license Apple Dance for the Crossover event. Heyer says she was open to the idea that the dance is licensed if the conditions were appropriate – even Fortnite licensed it And Netflix through real, signed contracts – but he never reached the actual contract with Roblox.
Heyer claims that Robox released the Emota Apple Dance for sale in the event before completing negotiations and without heyer consent to its use. Heyer says Roblox has sold over 60,000 emotions of Apple Dance, which gave around USD 123,000 sales. The lawsuit also claims that although Emotka was part of the Charli XCX event, the dance emot itself is not included in the song or Charli XCX, and therefore is only Heyer’s intellectual property.
The lawsuit accuses Roblox of a violation of copyright and unfair enrichment, and asks for relief in the form of profits that Roblox received from dance plus compensation as a result of damage to the Roblox brand and Heyer herself, as well as lawyer fees.
Update 14:15 Fri: Heyer’s Attoney, Miki Anzai, shared the following statement: “Roblox moved forward with the lend a hand of IP Kelley without a signed contract. Kelley is an independent creator who should be fairly compensated for his work and we have not seen the option other than submitting a lawsuit to prove it. We are willing and open to a still contract.
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