ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, had responded to legal threats from Disney after Seedance, their AI-generation tool has produced clips of Star Wars and other Disney properties.
Over the last year or so, plenty of AI tools have hit the market, many of which are focused on generating videos and images with prompts. We’ve seen this with the likes of Grok, Veo 3, and Sora 2, all of which have made impressive clips at times.
Seedance 2.0, which comes from ByteDance, which is behind TikTok, has also hit the market with some impressive clips of its own. Some users have been able to generate full-length episodes of Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, and even make highlights from the Winter Olympics.
The AI tool has come under fire, however, for some “massive” copyright issues. This includes a viral video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting, as well as using some Disney-owned properties.
ByteDance answers Disney threat over Seedance using copyrighted clips
Disney hit ByteDance with a cease-and-desist motion on Friday, February 13, after there had been viral clips including Marvel and Star Wars. This, they claimed, had been “pirated” by ByteDance. Disney actually penned a $1 billion deal with Sora 2 in December, giving them exclusive use of such properties.
Well, on February 15, ByteDance responded to that legal threat, telling the BBC that they “have heard the concerns” about Seedance 2.0.
“We are taking steps to strengthen current safeguards as we work to prevent the unauthorised use of intellectual property and likeness by users,” they added.
As per the BBC, ByteDance has not disclosed what data it uses to train Seedance, and they have stopped the ability for users to upload images of real people and scenes.
It remains to be seen whether or not the usage of copyrighted materials stops altogether, or if some still manage to sneak through the increased safeguards.
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