On March 16, according to The Information, ByteDance has suspended the global release of its latest video generation model, Seedance 2.0, following a series of copyright disputes with several major Hollywood studios and streaming platforms. Last month, several US studios (including Disney) threatened legal action, and ByteDance stated it would take measures to prevent its AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, from being used without authorization to infringe on intellectual property rights.
Last month, Disney sent a cease and desist letter to ByteDance, accusing it of using Disney characters to train and power Seedance 2.0 models without permission. Disney claims that ByteDance pre-installed a library of pirated characters in Seedance, covering IPs such as Star Wars and Marvel, and disguised these characters as public domain assets.
ByteDance originally planned to launch Seedance 2.0 to global users in mid-March, but has now suspended the plan. ByteDance's legal team is investigating and resolving potential legal issues, and engineers are also adding protective mechanisms to prevent the model from generating content that could lead to further intellectual property infringement.
