Overview
- ByteDance said it will strengthen controls on Seedance 2.0 to curb unauthorized use of intellectual property and likenesses, without detailing specific measures.
- Disney accused the tool of being pre‑packaged with a pirated library of characters from Star Wars, Marvel and other franchises, and demanded the company halt infringing activity.
- Paramount Skydance sent a separate cease-and-desist targeting both Seedance and ByteDance’s Seedream image model, citing vivid, often indistinguishable depictions of its properties.
- The Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA condemned Seedance 2.0 for large-scale, unauthorized use of copyrighted works and performers’ voices and likenesses.
- Japan’s cabinet office opened an investigation after AI-generated clips of popular anime and manga characters proliferated online following Seedance 2.0’s Feb. 12 launch in China.