US EditionGoogle Removes AI Videos of Disney Characters After Cease and Desist Letter
Google removed dozens of AI videos featuring Disney characters after Disney demanded removal and safeguards to stop unlicensed use and AI training with its characters.
- On Wednesday, Google removed dozens of AI-generated videos depicting Disney-owned characters after Disney flagged specific YouTube links and demanded immediate takedown.
- Disney flagged linked videos in a cease-and-desist, demanded Google stop using its characters to train AI models, and required safeguards to block Disney-owned character generation.
- The AI clips featured Mickey Mouse, Deadpool and characters from Star Wars and The Simpsons, many made with Google's Veo tool, and Thursday links now reroute to a Disney copyright notice.
- In a Thursday statement, Google said it would work with Disney on the issue and highlighted its use of public web data and copyright controls like Content ID, while its Friday statement confirmed cooperation by removing infringing AI videos.
- Shortly before the broadside, Disney announced a deal to license 200 characters to OpenAI for Sora, including a $1 billion investment that has drawn WGA criticism.
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Google Pulls AI Disney Videos After Cease-and-Desist Letter
Google responded to Disney’s cease-and-desist letter by taking down dozens of AI-generated videos featuring characters owned by the House of Mouse. The move came shortly after Disney shot off a legal warning to Google — in which they claimed the tech giant was leveraging its dominance in generative AI to “commercially exploit and distribute” infringing material. On Friday, Google made it clear that they were cooperating with Disney by removing v…
Google Has Taken Down AI-Generated Content Following Disney’s Cease and Desist - WorldNL Magazine
Google has bowed to a cease and desist order from Disney, according to the showbiz trade publications Deadline and Variety, and taken down some unknown number of AI videos featuring Disney intellectual property. Both publications estimate “dozens,” suggesting a fairly targeted effort. A deal between Disney and OpenAI—Google’s fiercest AI rival—was announced Thursday that sees Disney investing $1 billion in OpenAI while sanctioning the use of its…
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