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"We've Heard Concerns": ByteDance Says It Will Curb Seedance 2.0
Actors union SAG-AFTRA said Friday it "stands with the studios in condemning the blatant infringement" enabled by Seedance.
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Google AI Tools Deny Disney Character Prompts Following Copyright Dispute
Disney has successfully compelled Google AI tools like Gemini and Nano Banana to deny prompts involving its characters following copyright infringement claims.
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New York Times Reporter, Authors Sue Google, OpenAI, Meta Over AI-Based Copyright Infringement
A group of authors, including New York Times reporter John Carreyrou, has filed a copyright lawsuit against several major AI companies, alleging unauthorised use of their books to train models. Defendants named in the complaint include Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity, and xAI, the first time the Elon Musk-owned AI firm has been sued on ...
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Disney CEO Says AI Deal With OpenAI Is Exclusive For Just One Year: Report
Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the company’s deal with OpenAI is only exclusive for one year, not the full three-year term. Disney is open to using AI, but wants tight control over its characters. The strategy lets Disney earn licensing fees, learn from OpenAI’s tools, and keep the option open to work with other AI companies later.
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OpenAI Faces Backlash from Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco Over AI-Generated Anime Videos
OpenAI has been urged by Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) to stop training its AI models on copyrighted anime and gaming content. CODA, representing major publishers behind Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Final Fantasy and Studio Ghibli classics, said Sora 2 outputs closely resemble protected works, potentially indicating ...
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Japan Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Mario, Pikachu, and Anime Characters in Sora 2 Videos: Report
Japan has reportedly asked OpenAI to halt copyright infringement linked to its Sora 2 video model, which can recreate famous anime and game characters like Pikachu and Goku. The government’s formal request highlights rising concerns over AI-generated media using Japanese IP without consent. OpenAI recently switched Sora to an opt-in policy for ri...
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Warner Bros. Discovery Copyright Lawsuit Targets Midjourney for Generating Batman and Superman Images
Warner Bros. Discovery filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for “brazenly dispensing” reproductions of its copyrighted works on Thursday. The media and entertainment company alleged that the AI firm’s image and video generators generate outputs with striking resemblance to its intellectual property, including characters such as Batman, Superman...
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Disney, Universal Sue Image Creator Midjourney for Copyright Infringement
Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday. The suit claims Midjourney pirated the libraries of the two Hollywood studios, making and distributing without permission "innumerable" copies of characters such as Darth Vader from "Star Wars," Elsa from "Frozen," and the Minions from "Despicable Me".
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Getty Argues Its Landmark UK Copyright Case Does Not Threaten AI
Getty Images' landmark copyright lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI began at London's High Court on Monday, with Getty rejecting Stability AI's contention the case posed a threat to the generative AI industry.
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Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers' AI Copyright Case
Music publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO sued Anthropic in 2023, alleging that it infringed their copyrights in lyrics from at least 500 songs. The publishers claimed Anthropic used the lyrics without permission to train Claude to respond to human prompts. Anthropic, for now, has convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminar...
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"We've Heard Concerns": ByteDance Says It Will Curb Seedance 2.0
Actors union SAG-AFTRA said Friday it "stands with the studios in condemning the blatant infringement" enabled by Seedance.
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Google AI Tools Deny Disney Character Prompts Following Copyright Dispute
Disney has successfully compelled Google AI tools like Gemini and Nano Banana to deny prompts involving its characters following copyright infringement claims.
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New York Times Reporter, Authors Sue Google, OpenAI, Meta Over AI-Based Copyright Infringement
A group of authors, including New York Times reporter John Carreyrou, has filed a copyright lawsuit against several major AI companies, alleging unauthorised use of their books to train models. Defendants named in the complaint include Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity, and xAI, the first time the Elon Musk-owned AI firm has been sued on ...
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Disney CEO Says AI Deal With OpenAI Is Exclusive For Just One Year: Report
Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the company’s deal with OpenAI is only exclusive for one year, not the full three-year term. Disney is open to using AI, but wants tight control over its characters. The strategy lets Disney earn licensing fees, learn from OpenAI’s tools, and keep the option open to work with other AI companies later.
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OpenAI Faces Backlash from Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco Over AI-Generated Anime Videos
OpenAI has been urged by Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) to stop training its AI models on copyrighted anime and gaming content. CODA, representing major publishers behind Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Final Fantasy and Studio Ghibli classics, said Sora 2 outputs closely resemble protected works, potentially indicating ...
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Japan Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Mario, Pikachu, and Anime Characters in Sora 2 Videos: Report
Japan has reportedly asked OpenAI to halt copyright infringement linked to its Sora 2 video model, which can recreate famous anime and game characters like Pikachu and Goku. The government’s formal request highlights rising concerns over AI-generated media using Japanese IP without consent. OpenAI recently switched Sora to an opt-in policy for ri...
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Warner Bros. Discovery Copyright Lawsuit Targets Midjourney for Generating Batman and Superman Images
Warner Bros. Discovery filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for “brazenly dispensing” reproductions of its copyrighted works on Thursday. The media and entertainment company alleged that the AI firm’s image and video generators generate outputs with striking resemblance to its intellectual property, including characters such as Batman, Superman...
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Disney, Universal Sue Image Creator Midjourney for Copyright Infringement
Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday. The suit claims Midjourney pirated the libraries of the two Hollywood studios, making and distributing without permission "innumerable" copies of characters such as Darth Vader from "Star Wars," Elsa from "Frozen," and the Minions from "Despicable Me".
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Getty Argues Its Landmark UK Copyright Case Does Not Threaten AI
Getty Images' landmark copyright lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI began at London's High Court on Monday, with Getty rejecting Stability AI's contention the case posed a threat to the generative AI industry.
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Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers' AI Copyright Case
Music publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO sued Anthropic in 2023, alleging that it infringed their copyrights in lyrics from at least 500 songs. The publishers claimed Anthropic used the lyrics without permission to train Claude to respond to human prompts. Anthropic, for now, has convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminar...
