{
  "id": 1658749,
  "title": "ByteDance signs AI copyright pact with Hollywood trade group",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/bytedance-signs-ai-copyright-pact-with-hollywood-trade-group",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T06:33:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/bytedance-signs-ai-copyright-pact-with-hollywood-trade-group/articleshow/133313837.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The deal, which covers ByteDance's Seedance video and Seedream image-generation models, follows a cease-and-desist letter the MPA sent in February over these tools.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}