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

February 18, 2026 at 05:22 AM

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

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Netflix threatened ByteDance with “immediate litigation” Tuesday, joining three other studios that have condemned the company for enabling copyright infringement via its Seedance 2.0 AI service. Netflix sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the Chinese company remove its intellectual property from training datasets and establish guardrails to prevent further infringement. “Seedance acts as a high-speed […] Home TV News Feb 17, 2026 9:22pm PT Netflix Threatens ByteDance With ‘Immediate Litigation’ Over Seedance 2.0 AI Clips By Gene Maddaus Plus Icon Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer @GeneMaddaus Latest Warner Bros. Blasts ByteDance for AI Videos of Superman, Batman and ‘Game of Thrones’ 5 hours ago WGA Staff Go on Strike Weeks Ahead of AMPTP Negotiations 9 hours ago SAG-AFTRA Slams ‘Blatant Infringement’ in Seedance AI Videos 4 days ago See All Seedance 2.0: Stranger Things Netflix threatened ByteDance with “immediate litigation” Tuesday, joining three other studios that have condemned the company for enabling copyright infringement via its Seedance 2.0 AI service. Netflix sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the Chinese company remove its intellectual property from training datasets and establish guardrails to prevent further infringement. “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.” Related Stories ‘Enjoy Your Stay’ Director Dominik Locher Exposes the Truth Behind Switzerland’s ‘Postcard Image’ – and Readies for ‘Partner Zone’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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