ByteDance vows to curb Seedance 2.0 after Disney and studio copyright complaints
15.10.2026 · Automatisch aus öffentlichen Quellen erfasst. Nicht von einer Person geprüft.
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What happened
ByteDance told Marketing-Interactive (~October 15, 2026) that it will "strengthen current safeguards" on its Seedance 2.0 AI video-generation tool to prevent users from creating videos with unauthorized intellectual-property or likeness content, after fresh copyright complaints from studios.
The allegations
Disney sent ByteDance a cease-and-desist in February 2026 alleging Seedance was trained on a "pirated library" of copyrighted material. In the latest round of complaints, Motion Picture Association CEO Charles Rivkin said major US studios allege "unauthorised use of US-copyrighted works on a massive scale" and have demanded ByteDance stop generating infringing clips. These are the studios' and Disney's allegations; no court has ruled that Seedance infringes.
Status
No new lawsuit or court ruling is attached to this development: the new element is ByteDance's public commitment to tighten safeguards in response to the complaints. The underlying copyright allegations remain unadjudicated.
Quellen
- ByteDance vows to curb AI video tool after Disney copyright complaint — Marketing-Interactive (secondary)