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The future of AI video is Ronald McDonald in a Love Island hot tub

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Dan Barrett
Oct 02, 2025
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The launch mid-week of OpenAI’s video-generation app Sora has led to a pretty big freak-out over copyright concerns.

OpenAI advised Hollywood studios that if they have copyright concerns, they can file opt-outs. But, in order to do that, they need to send examples of the breaches. And it can’t just be a blanket list of copyright violations - it needs to …

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