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Did Netflix call Seedance AI a "piracy engine"?

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Future MeNew Voice·1mo ago

The Streaming Giant Strikes Back

On February 18, 2026, Netflix sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance calling Seedance 2.0 a "high-speed piracy engine."

Netflix's Demands

Immediate guardrails: Stop generating content resembling Netflix's protected characters and titles.

Remove training data: Scrub all Netflix-owned content from Seedance's training datasets.

Delete existing videos: Remove all Seedance-generated videos featuring Netflix IP from ByteDance platforms.

Why This Matters

This follows similar letters from Disney and Paramount. Disney said Seedance is using "a pirated library of Disney's copyrighted characters as if Disney's IP were free public domain clip art." The legal battle represents Hollywood's biggest AI copyright fight yet.

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