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Hollywood's Digital Earthquake: ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 Ignites Copyright Firestorm

The entertainment world is reeling from the launch of ByteDance's Seedance 2.0, an AI video tool released on February 12, 2026. This technological leap has immediately sparked a flurry of copyright lawsuits, plunging Hollywood into its most profound crisis yet as creators and studios grapple with the implications of highly sophisticated, AI-generated content.