The Motion Picture Association on Monday called on Openai to adopt “immediate action” to fix the Sora 2 copyright opt-out system.
The MPA has published its first comment on the situation since the release of the video AI model last week. This allows users to create clips using copyrighted characters.
“Since the release of SORA 2, videos infringing members’ films, shows and characters have skyrocketed across Openai’s services and social media,” said MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin. “Openai has made it clear that “quickly” character generation will be provided to more control “quickly,” but we must admit that we remain liable to prevent a breach of the SORA 2 service. Openai needs to take immediate and decisive action to address this issue.
On Friday, Openai Sam Altman said the SORA 2 update will soon allow copyright holders to “have more control over the generation of characters.” However, he did not guarantee that copyrighted material would be scrubbed from the platform.
“There may be some edge cases from a generation that shouldn’t get over it, and if we make our stack work well, it requires some repetition,” he said in a blog post.
SORA 2 was featured with the idea that creators can opt out if they oppose the use of characters or copyrighted works on the site. Under copyright law, the right may sue and obtain statutory damages for an individual infringing act, whether or not the infringer provides opt-out.
The MPA has made it clear that the entertainment industry is not on board with the idea that the opt-out system will exempt Openai from liability.
In June, Disney and Universal sued the Mid Journey for allowing users to create infringing videos and still images on their site. Warner Bros. filed its own lawsuit against the Mid Journey in September. Midjourney argues that AI training is “fair use” under copyright law and that if users infringe copyright, they do so in violation of the platform’s terms of service.
