Netflix Threatens ByteDance With ‘Immediate Litigation’ Over Seedance 2.0 AI Clips

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• Merger, Says President Won't Be Involved in Any Way That's 'Improper' “Seedance acts as a high-speed piracy engine, generating mass quantities of unauthorized derivative works utilizing Netflix’s iconic characters, worlds, and scripted narratives,” wrote Mindy LeMoine, director of litigation.
• “Netflix will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art.” ByteDance was given three days to respond.
• Popular on Variety The move followed similar steps by Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros., each of which accused the company of stealing its most valuable IP.
• Netflix accused ByteDance of enabling infringement of “Stranger Things,” “KPop Demon Hunters,” “Squid Game” and “Bridgerton.” In the case of “Bridgerton,” the letter alleges that videos are circulating that show unauthorized depictions of costumes from Season 4 in a masquerade ball setting.