As Disney has gone into business with OpenAI, the Mouse House is accusing Google of copyright infringement on a “massive scale” using AI models and services to “commercially exploit and distribute” ...

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Disney characters are coming to OpenAI’s Sora video generation app — this time, with permission. OpenAI and Disney just announced a “landmark agreement” that will see some Sora content appear on ...

After nearly two weeks of channels being dark, YouTube TV and Disney have officially settled on a new deal which will last multiple years, and has already brought ESPN and ABC channels back online. On ...

YouTube TV customers have lost access to ABC, ESPN, and other Disney-owned channels this evening as a contract between Google and Disney failed to reach a renewal in negotiations, and it results in ...

Walt Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI, a “personalized superintelligence platform” that the media giant says is ripping off copyrighted characters without authorization. The AI ...

In recent months, studios have started to sue AI companies that allow users to generate images and videos of copyrighted characters. They characterize the alleged theft of their content as an ...

Sept 11 (Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday reinstated a $600,000 verdict won by a motion-capture technology company that accused Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab of misusing ...

At Disney’s Destination D23 today, Walt Disney Animation Studios unveiled a new original feature, Hexed. The film is slated for release in November 2026, Disney has announced its fall 2026 feature ...

EXCLUSIVE: Two Disney EVPs are departing the studio early next year, Deadline has learned. Randi Hiller, EVP of Casting for Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures, will ...