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Feb 15, 2026
ByteDance
Bytedance's Seedance 2.0 generates Hollywood characters so convincingly that Disney, SAG-AFTRA, and major creative organizations are pushing back hard. But enforcing copyright against a Chinese company may be nearly impossible.
According to Axios, Disney sent Bytedance a cease-and-desist letter on Friday. The charge: Seedance 2.0 basically ships "with a pirated library of Disney's copyrighted characters from Star Wars, Marvel, and other Disney franchises, as if Disney's coveted intellectual property were free public domain clip art." Disney lawyer David Singer called it a "virtual smash-and-grab" of the company's intellectual property.
