SAG-AFTRA Slams ‘Blatant Infringement’ in Seedance AI Videos

Variety · 2026-02-13
SAG-AFTRA Slams ‘Blatant Infringement’ in Seedance AI Videos

SAG-AFTRA is joining the industry condemnation of ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, for releasing a new video model that has enabled widespread copyright infringement online. SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin is among those whose likeness has been used in videos generated by the model, Seedance 2