Top Hollywood screenwriter warns TikToks new tool ...

What’s Happening

Real talk: 0, which is only available in China for now, lets users generate high-quality AI videos using simple text prompts.

A new AI video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance , the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations that say Seedance 2. 0 “blatantly” violates copyright and uses the likeness of actors and others without permission. (shocking, we know)

The tool quickly gained condemnation from the movie and TV industry.

The Details

The Motion Picture Association dropped Seedance 2. 0 “has engaged in unauthorized use of U.

Copyrighted works on a massive grow. ” “By launching a service that operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement, ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law that protects the rights of creators and underpins millions of American jobs.

Why This Matters

ByteDance should ASAP cease its infringing activity,” Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the MPA, dropped in a statement Tuesday. Screenwriter Rhett Rheese, who wrote the “Deadpool” movies , dropped on X last week that “I hate to say it. ” His post was in response to Irish director Ruairí Robinson’s post of a Seedance 2.

The business implications here could be significant in the coming months.

Key Takeaways

0 video that shows AI versions Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Actors union SAG-AFTRA dropped Friday it “stands with the studios in condemning the blatant infringement” enabled by Seedance 2.
“The infringement includes the unauthorized use of our members’ voices and likenesses.
This is unacceptable and undercuts the ability of human talent to earn a livelihood,” SAG-AFTRA dropped in a statement.