In the last Salvo between Hollywood and artificial intelligent companies, Tech Startp Harem.ai deleted many Disney characters from the chat boots platform after the Burbank Entertainment Giant sent a company about the termination and deco letter, claiming a violation of copyright.
Chat bots on the Hearly.ai platform issued themselves with the famous characters of Disney, such as Elsa, Moana, Peter Parker and Darth Vader, and generated the answers that imitated “essence, good VOU and the feeling of each character”, and also included their background, according to the letter of September 18 from a law firm representing Disney.
“These actions are misleading and confusing consumers, including vulnerable young people, to believe that they interact with Disney characters and assume that Disney licensed these characters and approved their use, character. “In fact, the character. AI is coming out of the goodwill of the famous marks and brands of Disney and clearly violates the copyright of Disney. ”
Disney also expressed concern about the reports that the bouts chat attracted users into inappropriate conversations.
The representative of the startup based on Menlo Park said in an email that Hearly.ai answers “quickly” to the requests of owners of the rights to remove content, and noted that all the characters in the service are generated by users.
On Tuesday afternoon, several Disney characters remained on the platform, including Elsa from the hit -theimated film “Frozen”. The representative said that the removal of characters is a process.
“We want to cooperate with the industry and Rightsholders to give them the opportunity to bring their characters to our platform,” the representative said. “Our goal is to give Owners IP tools for creating controlled, attractive and receiving income from Deep Fandom for their characters and stories, expanding their coverage using our new, interactive format.”
The friction between Hollywood studios and artificial intelligence firms is growing.
In June Universal Pictures Disney and Komkara sue AI MidjourneyAffirming that his image generator violated his protected copyrights from franchises such as Star Wars and “Contempt of Me”.
Warner Bros. Discovery joined the legal struggle at the beginning of this monthApproving that Midjourney software produces characters robberies such as Scooby-Doo and Superman.
