{"id":346704,"date":"2025-12-15T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/346704\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:36:09","slug":"google-pulls-ai-generated-videos-of-disney-characters-from-youtube-in-response-to-cease-and-desist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/346704\/","title":{"rendered":"Google pulls AI-generated videos of Disney characters from YouTube in response to cease and desist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Google seems to be cracking down on the use of Disney characters in AI-generated videos on YouTube after it was <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/disney-has-accused-google-of-copyright-infringement-on-a-massive-scale-163737642.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:hit with a cease and desist;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hit with a cease and desist<\/a> letter. According to reports by <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/google-removes-ai-videos-disney-characters-cease-desist-1236608015\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Variety<\/a> and <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/google-takes-down-disney-ai-videos-cease-desist-1236647823\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Deadline<\/a>, the company removed dozens of videos featuring Deadpool, Moana, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars characters and other Disney IP as of Friday, just days after <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/digital\/news\/disney-google-ai-copyright-infringement-cease-and-desist-letter-1236606429\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Disney accused it;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Disney accused it<\/a> of &#8220;infringing Disney\u2019s copyrights on a massive scale.&#8221; The letter, seen by both publications earlier this week, called out Google not just for hosting these videos on YouTube, but also for using copyrighted works to train models including Veo and Nano Banana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Prior to this, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/disney-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-characterai-220204094.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Disney has come after;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney has come after <\/a><a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"http:\/\/character.ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Character.AI;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Character.AI<\/a> as well as <a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/disney-warner-bros-discovery-and-universal-file-joint-lawsuit-against-generative-ai-app-hailuo-163819825.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hailuo;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hailuo<\/a> and <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/disney-and-universal-studios-file-suit-against-midjourney-for-copyright-infringement-154206053.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Midjourney;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Midjourney<\/a> \u2014 both of which it&#8217;s suing \u2014 over AI-related copyright infringement. But, that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:9;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/disneys-deal-with-openai-is-about-controlling-the-future-of-copyright-213009504.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:shunning AI-generated content;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:9;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shunning AI-generated content<\/a> altogether. The company on Friday <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:10;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/openai-signs-deal-to-bring-disney-characters-to-sora-and-chatgpt-144344820.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced a deal with OpenAI;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:10;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced a deal with OpenAI<\/a> that will bring Disney characters to Sora and ChatGPT, and bring AI-generated shorts from Sora to Disney+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google seems to be cracking down on the use of Disney characters in AI-generated videos on YouTube after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,3494,75,192,15981,151070,4718],"class_list":{"0":"post-346704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-disney","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-google","13":"tag-mickey-mouse","14":"tag-star-wars-characters","15":"tag-youtube"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}