TikTok content creator Kelley Heyer sued the video game Roblox for using her dance to Charli XCX’s “Apple” without permission. Heyer posted the viral dance in June 2024, which fed off of the ...

But now, six years on from Carlton vs Fortnite, we have the maker of the Charli XCX Apple dance vs Roblox. The former has alleged that the latter sold their dance without permission, raking in ...

Roblox removed the emote from the game in November 2024—but not before it was sold over 60,000 times, earning an estimated $123,000 from the copyrighted work, per the lawsuit.

Kelley Heyer, a TikTok influencer and creator of a viral dance to Charli XCX's song "Apple", is suing Roblox, alleging it used the "Apple Dance" in the game and profited off her work without her ...

The creator behind the viral dance set to Charli XCX‘s Brat single, “Apple,” is suing Roblox for copyright law violation. Kelley Heyer was reportedly negotiating a license with the online ...

However, Roblox then took the dance and turned it into an emote for players to use. Now, on the surface, that doesn’t sound too bad, and it wouldn’t have been bad if it had been a free thing.

From TikTok to Roblox The emote in question is based on Heyer's original choreography to Charli XCX's song Apple. Heyer says she created the dance and had even reached out to Roblox's developers ...

Kelley Heyer, an actor and TikTok content creator, has sued Roblox over the usage and sale of her copyrighted dance to “Apple” by pop star Charli XCX — a dance that went viral on TikTok and ...

That's the dance that Heyer's legal team alleges was taken by Roblox without Heyer's consent, which was then released as part of Dress to Impress's Charlie XCX-themed Brat update back in August 2024.

Heyer has since licensed the dance to Fortnite (with it used in an event in December 2024) and Netflix, but she still hasn’t received any money from Roblox.