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TikTok owner signs AI copyright agreement with Hollywood group

ByteDance's logo is seen in this illustration made on February 8, 2025 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo ByteDance, the company responsible for TikTok, and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), an entity that represents major...

TikTok owner signs AI copyright agreement with Hollywood group
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The partnership comes months after the MPA questioned the way ByteDance handled copyrighted content in its tools. In February, the association sent an out-of-court notice to ByteDance following concerns from Hollywood studios that the tools could produce videos and images featuring copyrighted characters and reproduce the appearance of celebrities without...

  • ByteDance stated that the latest versions of the models have stricter measures to protect copyrighted content and characters.
  • The tools are offered in the company's services, such as TikTok, CapCut and Dreamina.

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ByteDance's logo is seen in this illustration made on February 8, 2025 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo ByteDance, the company responsible for TikTok, and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), an entity that represents major Hollywood studios, signed this Monday (17) an agreement to reinforce copyright protection in artificial intelligence (AI) tools that generate videos and images. ?? Do you have any reporting suggestions? Send to g1 The agreement involves Seedance, a video generation tool, and Seedream, which creates images. The partnership comes months after the MPA questioned the way ByteDance handled copyrighted content in its tools. In February, the association sent an out-of-court notice to ByteDance following concerns from Hollywood studios that the tools could produce videos and images featuring copyrighted characters and reproduce the appearance of celebrities without authorization.

ByteDance stated that the latest versions of the models have stricter measures to protect copyrighted content and characters. The tools are offered in the company's services, such as TikTok, CapCut and Dreamina. According to MPA and ByteDance, the two parties will continue to work together to develop new measures to protect copyrighted content as AI technology advances. TikTok video sharing app icon. AP/Matt Slocum/File