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ByteDance Starts CapCut Rollout of Dreamina Seedance 2.0 in Select Markets

Legal pressure over copyright drives a cautious release with stricter safety controls.

Overview

  • ByteDance confirmed a phased launch inside CapCut for paid users in Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, with more regions to follow.
  • The Dreamina Seedance 2.0 model lets creators generate short clips from text or reference media and supports videos up to 15 seconds across six aspect ratios.
  • CapCut blocks videos made from real faces, stops unauthorized use of copyrighted characters or brands, and adds an invisible watermark to help identify AI-made clips off platform.
  • Facing threats of legal action from major Hollywood studios over alleged copyright misuse, ByteDance has left the United States out of the initial rollout.
  • ByteDance says it will refine the tool with outside experts and creative communities during the rollout as OpenAI winds down its Sora consumer video app.