Disney Targets ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 Over Disney IP
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ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 AI model reportedly uses Disney IP to generate short videos, prompting Disney to issue a cease-and-desist accusing ByteDance of hijacking Disney’s characters; the move comes amid Disney’s OpenAI deal for Sora and signals a broader push by rights holders to licensing agreements as AI content expands.
- Disney Sends ByteDance an AI Trophy in the Form of a Cease and Desist Letter Over Seedance 2.0 Gizmodo
- ‘It’s over for us’: release of new AI video generator Seedance 2.0 spooks Hollywood The Guardian
- Scoop: Disney sends cease and desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0 Axios
- AI Video of Tom Cruise Fighting Brad Pitt Has Top Writer Warning: “It’s Likely Over for Us” The Hollywood Reporter
- Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator TechCrunch
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