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Current ByteDance controls for Seedance 2.x (real-face restrictions, authorised portrait assets) are in C3-B436-01 and C3-B466-01...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Verification of the creator-reported claim in C3-B512-01: the MPA press page (R1) is dated 12 February 2026 and quotes Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin on the launch of \"Chinese AI service Seedance 2.0\": unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works \"on a massive scale\" \"in a single day\", operating \"without meaningful safeguards against infringement\", and a demand that ByteDance \"immediately cease its infringing activity\". So C3-B512-01's statement that the MPA demanded ByteDance cease infringing activity is confirmed; its \"24 to 48 hours with no guardrails\" window and the expectation of later restrictions remain creator characterisations. Search results (R2, not read in full) also describe later studio cease-and-desist letters (reportedly Disney and Paramount Skydance) and an MPA letter, and ByteDance saying it was strengthening safeguards - unverified here. Current ByteDance controls for Seedance 2.x (real-face restrictions, authorised portrait assets) are in C3-B436-01 and C3-B466-01; the related Disney v. Midjourney docket is C3-B455-01.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. 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