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Japanese Media Giants Demand OpenAI Stop Using Their Works to Train Sora 2

  • On October 27, the Content Overseas Distribution Association sent a formal letter demanding OpenAI stop using Japanese copyrighted works to train AI, targeting the Sora 2 AI video generation platform, as CODA says its outputs closely resemble Japanese content and may constitute copyright infringement.
  • CODA argues OpenAI's opt-out system conflicts with Japan's copyright law, which generally requires prior permission and allows no liability avoidance through later objections.
  • In March this year, OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o image generator update enabled users to create images explicitly in the style of Studio Ghibli titles like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.
  • The complaint includes Studio Ghibli after previous contentious AI uses, with CODA noting Ghibli's sensitivity to AI-driven replication shaped its role in the dispute.
  • An old interview clip of Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki recently went viral showing his strong disapproval of AI animation, saying `I am utterly disgusted` and calling it `an insult to life itself`.
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By Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español. Japan's leading anime and manga creators have joined forces to confront artificial intelligence. The Overseas Content Distribution Association (CODA), which promotes Japanese content abroad and protects it from piracy—and whose members include animation studio Studio Ghibli, among others—sent a public letter to OpenAI demanding that the artificial intelligence company stop using its content to train its Sora 2…

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By Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español. Japan's leading anime and manga creators have joined forces to confront artificial intelligence. The Overseas Content Distribution Association (CODA), which promotes Japanese content abroad and protects it from piracy—and whose members include animation studio Studio Ghibli, among others—sent a public letter to OpenAI demanding that the artificial intelligence company stop using its content to train its Sora 2…

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Several Japanese entertainment giants, including Bandai Namco and Studio Ghibli, are asking OpenAI to stop any use of Japanese copyrighted works for Sora 2.

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