<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">ByteDance has paused plans to launch its new AI video model globally, according to <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bytedance-suspends-launch-video-ai-model-copyright-disputes-hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">a report in The Information</a>.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Chinese company, best known as TikTok’s parent organization (and now a minority shareholder in <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/heres-whats-you-should-know-about-the-us-tiktok-deal/">its U.S. spinoff</a>), launched Seedance 2.0 in China back in February. Brief videos generated by the model, including a clip featuring Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt, soon went viral and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/hollywood-isnt-happy-about-the-new-seedance-2-0-video-generator/">drew intense criticism from Hollywood</a>. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While one successful screenwriter declared that the footage meant, “It’s likely over for us,” studios quickly sent ByteDance a flurry of cease-and-desist letters, with Disney’s lawyers accusing the company of a “virtual smash-and-grab of Disney’s IP.” ByteDance responded by <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/bytedance-safegaurds-seedance-ai-copyright-disney-mpa-netflix-paramount-sony-universal.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">promising to introduce stronger safeguards</a> for intellectual property.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company had planned to make Seedance 2.0 available globally in mid-March, The Information said, but it’s delaying those plans as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ByteDance did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.</p>
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