News Summary

Major Japanese publishers, including Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, and Square Enix, have united under the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) to demand that OpenAI halt the use of their copyrighted materials in training its AI models, specifically the Sora 2 video generation platform. CODA’s letter to OpenAI highlights the unauthorized use of copyrighted content for AI training and requests a sincere response from OpenAI to address these copyright infringement claims. The publishers emphasize the need for prior permission before using copyrighted works, opposing OpenAI’s current opt-out system that places the burden on IP holders to exclude their content from AI models.