{"id":363376,"date":"2025-12-22T09:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/363376\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:18:36","slug":"youtube-bans-two-popular-channels-that-created-fake-ai-movie-trailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/363376\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/youtube-terminates-screen-culture-kh-studio-fake-ai-trailer-1236652506\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline reports<\/a> that the behavior of these creators ran afoul of YouTube\u2019s spam and misleading-metadata policies. At the same time, Google loves generative AI\u2014YouTube has <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2025\/07\/ai-video-is-invading-youtube-shorts-and-google-photos-starting-today\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added more ways<\/a> for creators to use generative AI, and the company says more gen AI tools are coming in the future. It\u2019s quite a tightrope for Google to walk.<\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" data-pswp-width=\"895\" data-pswp-height=\"294\" data-cropped=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/YT-AI-trailers.png\" target=\"_blank\" data-pswp-><br \/>\n              <img width=\"895\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/YT-AI-trailers.png\" class=\"fullwidth full\" alt=\"AI movie trailers\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              A selection of videos from the now-defunct Screen Culture channel.<\/p>\n<p>\n                  Credit:<br \/>\n                                      Ryan Whitwam\n                                  <\/p>\n<p>\n      A selection of videos from the now-defunct Screen Culture channel.<\/p>\n<p>          Credit:<\/p>\n<p>          Ryan Whitwam<\/p>\n<p>While passing off AI videos as authentic movie trailers is definitely spammy conduct, the recent changes to the legal landscape could be a factor, too. Disney recently <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/12\/disney-invests-1-billion-in-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-video-app-sora\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">entered into a partnership<\/a> with OpenAI, bringing its massive library of characters to the company\u2019s Sora AI video app. At the same time, Disney <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2025\/12\/disney-says-google-ai-infringes-copyright-on-a-massive-scale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sent a\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2025\/12\/disney-says-google-ai-infringes-copyright-on-a-massive-scale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cease-and-desist<\/a> letter to Google demanding\u00a0the removal of Disney content from Google AI. The letter specifically cited AI content on YouTube as a concern.<\/p>\n<p>Both the banned trailer channels made heavy use of Disney properties, sometimes even incorporating snippets of real trailers. For example, Screen Culture created 23 AI trailers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, some of which outranked the official trailer in searches. It\u2019s unclear if either account used <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/05\/ai-video-just-took-a-startling-leap-in-realism-are-we-doomed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google\u2019s Veo models<\/a> to create the trailers, but Google\u2019s AI will recreate Disney characters without issue.<\/p>\n<p>While Screen Culture and KH Studio were the largest purveyors of AI movie trailers, they are far from alone. There are others with five and six-digit subscriber counts, some of which include disclosures about fan-made content. Is that enough to save them from the ban hammer? Many YouTube viewers probably hope not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deadline reports that the behavior of these creators ran afoul of YouTube\u2019s spam and misleading-metadata policies. 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