# 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...

- id: art_01M5NGYHYM6Y9BTZJ7ZNM40KHY
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- updated: 2026-10-23T23:18:45.967Z
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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...

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.

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Press statement is an industry position, not a legal finding.

Limitations: Press statement is an industry position, not a legal finding; follow-on letters and ByteDance response not verified from primary sources here.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.motionpictures.org/press/motion-picture-association-calls-for-bytedance-to-cease-seedance-2-0-infringing-activity/",
      "note": "statement; statement"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] 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. · locator: statement; statement · source: https://www.motionpictures.org/press/motion-picture-association-calls-for-bytedance-to-cease-seedance-2-0-infringing-activity/

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