Mnementh said:
For point 1: in all countries abiding by the Berne Convention copyright is automatic, you don't need to register or something. If you created it, it is copyrighted. Point 2 is much more important. Did he invent it, or the writers of the show? And does his contract with the company that produced the show allow him to keep his own work or is all done in context of the show in ownership of the producers? Point 3 is a usual limitation of copyright. The court must decide if the work is significant enough for copyright, or to trivial. And if it is significant enough, if Epic copied enough of it. And then there is fair use and similar. Towards how he thinks it will work out? Well, how all these people think: Step 1: make fuss Step 2: ??? Step 3: profit!
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I saw in related articles that he uses the dance in other shows (Dance with the Stars I guess), I guess it's more his personal signature move than something from the show.
And the emote is a clear, complete copy, even named "Fresh" as a direct reference and with the same song as background. I'm not sure about the copyright around it, but the copy itself is a no brainer.