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Copyright holders are finally beginning to push back against OpenAI [1]

['Grant St. Clair']

Date: 2025-11-06  

Here's your feel-good story of the day, if you didn't get enough of those last night: the Content Overseas Distribution Organization, or CODA, has issued a formal request for OpenAI to stop illegally using its material. What's CODA and why should I care, you ask? Excellent question!

CODA is a quasi-governmental association representing major Japanese IP holders, with its primary aim being to reduce piracy. Think what you will about pirating the odd game or movie here or there (I won't tell), but OpenAI's use of IP for their plagiarism machine is not only a major international copyright violation but also kind of evil. CODA's clients include such giants as Square Enix, Bandai Namco, and even Studio Ghibli, which means this might hopefully put a stop to the recent scourge of ghoulish "Ghibli style" slop:

CODA has confirmed that a large portion of content produced by Sora 2 closely resembles Japanese content or images. CODA has determined that this is the result of using Japanese content as machine learning data. In cases, as with Sora 2, where specific copyrighted works are reproduced or similarly generated as outputs, CODA considers that the act of replication during the machine learning process may constitute copyright infringement. Furthermore, according to media reports, it has been stated that Sora 2 responds through an opt-out system based on requests from copyright holders. However, under Japan's 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. The requests submitted by CODA at this time are as follows: In the operation of Sora 2, CODA requests that its members' content is not used for machine learning without their permission; and, OpenAI responds sincerely to claims and inquiries from CODA member companies regarding copyright infringement related to Sora 2's outputs

Quite frankly, the use of an opt-out policy is one of the more blatant ass-covering maneuvers I've seen. Although no one's threatened legal action yet, hopefully these companies standing up will inspire others to do the same.

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