Disney takes surprise legal action against Google over likenesses
Yahoo Finance·2025-12-14 22:33

Disney's latest cease-and-desist letter claims that Google's copyright violations have been wide-reaching and that their damage has been compounded by Gemini branding on the resulting content. It gets specific, citing particular characters and content that Disney's legal representatives have earmarked as flagrant examples (summarized below).The timing is both convenient and likely necessary if Disney and OpenAI want to keep Disney's intellectual property (IP) only available for AI work on Sora. This deal br ...