The Chinese AI app sending Hollywood into a panic
Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.
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Notable Quotes
"Clearly labelling content to prevent deception and building public trust in AI is far more important than 'cooler-looking' videos."
— Margaret Mitchell , Academic
"For the first time, I'm not thinking that this looks good for AI. Instead, I'm thinking that this looks straight out of a real production pipeline."
— Jan-Willem Blom , Celebrity
"It almost feels like having a cinematographer or director of photography specialising in action films assisting you."
— David Kwok , Other
"There's plenty of leeway to bend the rules strategically, to flout the rules for a while and get marketing clout."
— Shaanan Cohney , Academic
"By launching a service that operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement, ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law that protects the rights of creators and underpins millions of American jobs."
— Charles Rivkin , Executive
"I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us."
— Rhett Rheese , Celebrity
"I hate to say it. It's likely over for us."
— Rhett Reese , Celebrity
"By launching a service that operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement, ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law that protects the rights of creators and underpins millions of American jobs."
— Charles Rivkin , Executive
"I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us."
— Rhett Rheese , Celebrity
"In a single day, the Chinese AI service Seedance 2.0 has engaged in unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works on a massive scale."
— Charles Rivkin , Executive
"I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us."
— Rhett Reese , Celebrity
"should immediately cease"
— Charles Rivkin , Executive
"In a single day, the Chinese AI service Seedance 2.0 has engaged in unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works on a massive scale."
— Charles Rivkin , Executive
Key People
Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association.
Runs a Singapore-based animation studio called Tiny Island Productions.
Representative from creative studio Videostate.
General counsel at ByteDance.
An AI ethics researcher.
Rhett Reese is a writer known for his work on films like Deadpool.
Screenwriter known for the 'Deadpool' movies.
Irish director who shared content related to Seedance 2.0.
Sean Astin is an actor known for his roles in films such as The Goonies and The Lord of the Rings.
A computing researcher at the University of Melbourne.
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Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.
Hollywood organizations have criticized ByteDance's new AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, accusing it of widespread copyright infringement and unauthorized use of actors' likenesses.
The Motion Picture Association has accused Chinese video generation service Seedance of 'unauthorized use of US copyrighted works on a massive scale' as lifelike AI-generated clips featuring Hollywood stars began flooding social media.
Disney has issued a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, accusing the company of illegally using its copyrighted content to train and promote Seedance 2.0 ... an AI video generation model.
SAG-AFTRA has condemned ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 after a viral AI-generated video portrayed a digitally-created fight between actors Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, criticizing the unauthorized use of actors' likenesses and voices.
A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations that say Seedance 2.0 'blatantly' violates copyright and uses the likeness of actors and others without ... .
Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, ... they say has quickly become a tool for 'blatant' copyright infringement.
Hollywood is leaning on copyright law to rein in Seedance, but legal pressure hasn't slowed the rise of Chinese AI models more broadly.
Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it was taking steps to 'strengthen current safeguards' after Hollywood heavyweights accused its new AI video model of copyright infringement.
Netflix has joined major studios in opposing ByteDance's AI video tool, Seedance 2.0, over unauthorized use of copyrighted IP, particularly Netflix properties like 'Stranger Things' and 'Kpop Demon Hunters'.
ByteDance vows to strengthen safeguards on its new AI video-making tool after threats of litigation from Disney over alleged copyright theft.
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