Warner Bros.’ Cease-and-Desist Says TikTok Owner Made “Deliberate Design Choice” to Rip Off Its IP

Hollywood Reporter
by Winston Cho
February 18, 2026
The studio, which joins Paramount and Disney in sending cease-and-desists to ByteDance, accuses the company of deliberately rolling out Seedance 2.0 without safeguards.
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Originally published on Hollywood Reporter on 2/18/2026