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The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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236 points inesranzo | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 14:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gekoxyz ◴[11 Dec 25 14:55 UTC] No.46232125[source]▶
I never thought this could happen, especially after the "Ghibli scandal". OpenAI has pulled a majestic business move. They got to allow people to generate Disney characters without issue AND will give 1 billion dollars to OpenAI?

Now the internet will be flooded by Disney character's videos, and since they don't have to pretend they didn't train on their intellectual property anymore I'm really curious to see where this will bring us.

We should rethink copyright btw.

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Hamuko ◴[11 Dec 25 14:58 UTC] No.46232167[source]▶
>Now the internet will be flooded by Disney character's videos

How is Disney okay with this anyway? They've sent their lawyers after daycare centers who dared to paint a picture of a Disney character on their walls. Why are they suddenly going to ignore me prompting a video of Winnie the Pooh hitting the bong?

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afavour ◴[11 Dec 25 15:01 UTC] No.46232215{3}[source]▶
Because they didn't get any money from the daycare and they will get money from OpenAI when you make your Sora video. That's all there is to it.
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johnnyanmac ◴[11 Dec 25 21:25 UTC] No.46237366{4}[source]▶
The brand rot will be disgusting here. I thought "family" companies like Nintendo and Disney hit so hard, against their best interests, because they didn't want the next pregnant Elsa or Nazi Mario to cause a storm on their carefully tailored brands.

Seems like Nintendo still has that long term thinking. Disney was just waiting for the right price.

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venturecruelty ◴[11 Dec 25 22:23 UTC] No.46238097{5}[source]▶
I mean, Disney can do basically whatever it wants and nothing will change. If my gay, Muslim friends are still willing to patronize the parks, despite their very real disagreement with how Disney conducts its business, then what hope is there for the exhausted, overworked mom whose child won't stop wailing about watching Frozen? This will absolutely tarnish the brand, and yet people will still consume Disney slop.
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badc0ffee ◴[11 Dec 25 23:22 UTC] No.46238759{6}[source]▶
> If my gay, Muslim friends are still willing to patronize the parks, despite their very real disagreement with how Disney conducts its business

What is this referring to?

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1. throwaway17_17 ◴[12 Dec 25 04:54 UTC] No.46240990{7}[source]▶
Disney has a long history of donating large dollars to ultra-conservative legislators and presidential hopefuls (they also donate to liberal candidates as well). As for the Muslim portion, it’s most likely due to Disney donating $2 million to Israeli Non-profits and condemning terrorism while making no statements or donations to the Palestinian people’s or groups that attempt to provide to the Palestinian people Israel was bombing in the closing months of 2023. The BDS movement has and keeps Disney on their list of boycott targets to this day.