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Critics slam Disney's silence on AI content trained on its works

Original: Disney is known to be very litigious going after every individual copyright infringement of people doing fan art that ne

Disney is being criticised for what commenters call a double standard: the company aggressively pursues fans over copyright infringement, including small-scale fan art that never harmed its brand, yet stays silent while AI-generated content visibly modelled on Disney and Pixar characters spreads online. Critics argue this flood of AI material is doing far more damage to Disney's brand value than individual fans ever did.

Why now: Frustration is growing over AI content trained on copyrighted works while rightsholders like Disney continue targeting only fans and small creators.

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• Disney is known to be very litigious going after every individual copyright infringement of people doing fan art that never destroyed their brand value, but are silent as we are inundated with AI slop clearly trained on Disney/Pixar and absolutely decimating their brand value.… · JoBlakely · 6

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