{"id":1595,"date":"2025-11-03T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/studio-ghibli-bandai-namco-square-enix-demand-openai-stop-using-their-content-to-train-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:34:13","slug":"studio-ghibli-bandai-namco-square-enix-demand-openai-stop-using-their-content-to-train-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/studio-ghibli-bandai-namco-square-enix-demand-openai-stop-using-their-content-to-train-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/STK149_AI_01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an anti-piracy organization representing Japanese IP holders like Studio Ghibli and Bandai Namco, <a href=\"https:\/\/coda-cj.jp\/en\/news\/817\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released a letter<\/a> last week asking OpenAI to stop using its members\u2019 content to train Sora 2, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sonys-aniplex-bandai-namco-and-other-japanese-publishers-demand-end-to-unauthorized-training-of-openais-sora2-through-coda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Automaton<\/em><\/a>. The letter states that \u201cCODA considers that the act of replication during the machine learning process may constitute copyright infringement,\u201d since the resulting AI model went on to spit out content with copyrighted characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Sora 2 generated an avalanche of content containing Japanese IP after it launched on September 30th, prompting Japan\u2019s government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/799938\/japan-government-openai-sora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">formally ask OpenAI to stop<\/a> replicating Japanese artwork. This isn\u2019t the first time one of OpenAI\u2019s apps clearly pulled from Japanese media, either \u2014 the highlight of GPT-4o\u2019s launch back in March was a proliferation of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1904921537884676398\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGhibli-style\u201d<\/a> images. Even Sam Altman\u2019s own profile picture on X is currently a portrait in a style reminiscent of Studio Ghibli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Altman announced last month that OpenAI will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/792661\/sora-fictional-copyright-characters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changing Sora\u2019s opt-out policy<\/a> for IP holders, but CODA claims that the use of an opt-out policy to begin with may have violated Japanese copyright law, stating, \u201cunder Japan\u2019s copyright system, prior permission is generally required for the use of copyrighted works, and there is no system allowing one to avoid liability for infringement through subsequent objections.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">CODA is now requesting on behalf of its members that OpenAI \u201cresponds sincerely\u201d to its members\u2019 copyright claims and stops using their content for machine learning without their permission, which seems to include not just Sora output, but also the use of Japanese IP as training data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an anti-piracy organization representing Japanese IP holders like Studio Ghibli and Bandai Namco, released 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