Open AI Ordered to Cease Sora 2 Copyright Infringement
Artificial intelligence (AI) is at it again. Many people use AI in their everyday lives and many companies are even requiring employees to use it in their work tasks. However, AI use has become controversial in the past few months due to potential copyright issues.
This has been the case for many companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and now OpenAI. OpenAI, an AI research and deployment company is facing copyright concerns with the recent release of Sora 2, its advanced video generation tool. The company has triggered significant backlash from the Motion Picture Association (MPA), which represents major Hollywood studios. The MPA argues that the platform enables users to generate videos that mimic or directly use copyrighted characters, franchises, and recognizable visual styles without the permission of rights holders.
OpenAI states that its current system places the burden on creators and studios to manually opt out if they do not want their intellectual property used, rather than requiring users to secure authorization before generating such content. However, the MPA claims this approach normalizes unauthorized use and risks eroding existing copyright protections by making infringement both easy and scalable through AI tools.
In response to the mounting criticism, the CEO for OpenAI C acknowledged that Sora 2’s rollout raised legitimate concerns, especially from major entertainment companies. He indicated that the platform would soon introduce more restrictive controls, allowing rights holders to specify how their content may be used or even block it entirely. OpenAI is also exploring revenue-sharing models in cases where studios choose to allow their characters or visual assets to be incorporated into AI-generated films and clips.
Despite these proposed changes, some industry giants, including Disney, have reportedly declined to engage with OpenAI on licensing talks, signaling that many studios remain unconvinced that OpenAI has sufficient safeguards in place. Critics argue that situations like these reflect a broader pattern in AI development, where innovation is prioritized ahead of potential legal issues, leaving content owners scrambling to protect their rights after the fact.
AI and Copyright Infringement
The rapid rise of generative AI has triggered a complex legal and ethical debate around copyright law. AI tools like ChatGPT are trained on massive datasets that often include copyrighted material taken from the internet. While developers argue that this training falls under “transformative use,” rights holders insist that allowing AI models to produce content modeled after protected works amounts to unauthorized use of intellectual property.
Copyright law traditionally protects expression, not ideas, yet AI-generated works blur that distinction. Content can be “new” in a technical sense while still being derived from copyrighted source material. AI models replicate underlying patterns, which creates a new pathway for infringement that is not covered in existing laws.
Learn More About Copyright Infringement
Copyright infringement has become a more complex situation with AI becoming more popular.
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cnbc.com/2025/10/07/openais-sora-2-must-stop-allowing-copyright-infringement-mpa-says.html
