Disney sent ByteDance a cease-and-desist for using its characters on Seedance. When OpenAI's Sora did it, however, Disney struck a deal.

Disney has sent ByteDance a cease and desist letter to ByteDance over their new Seedance 2.0 AI generative video tool.

ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 AI video tool sparks legal battle as Disney and studios fire cease-and-desist letters over unauthorized IP use.

After being threatened with legal action by Disney, China's ByteDance vowed to prevent its AI video tool using Disney characters without permission.

Amid a rising storm of angst over AI video, Disney fired off a cease and desist letter to China’s ByteDance for stocking its new Seedance 2.0 platform "with a pirated library of Disney’s copyrighted characters” as the platform treats Disney IP from Star Wars to Marvel to Family Guy as if it was "free public

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The controversy around Seedance 2.0 is escalating fast. Disney has issued a cease-and-desist notice, while SAG-AFTRA has slammed the AI tool for "blatant infringement." Others have also raised serious concerns over copyright,