"Almost immediately upon release, videos began flooding social media with characters owned by Japanese gaming giant Nintendo in situations they might not be in were Nintendo making the ultimate decision, like Pikachu storming the beaches of Normandy or Mario being pulled over for driving his go-kart like a maniac (i.e., in keeping with his Mario Kart performance). Nintendo is among the companies that have registered their discontent."
"Japanese Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy Minoru Kiuchi revealed that the government made a formal request to OpenAI through the Cabinet Office's IP Strategy Promotion Secretariat last week during a press conference, as reported by Japanese media. "Anime and manga are irreplaceable treasures that we can be proud of around the world," Kiuchi said last week, according to Japanese tech news outlet ITMedia. "We have requested OpenAI not to engage in any actions that could constitute copyright infringement.""
OpenAI released Sora 2, a video and image generation engine that quickly went viral as users produced anime-style videos resembling Studio Ghibli and other copyrighted works. The Japanese government, via Minister Minoru Kiuchi and the Cabinet Office's IP Strategy Promotion Secretariat, made a formal request that OpenAI refrain from actions potentially constituting copyright infringement, stressing anime and manga as irreplaceable cultural treasures. Viral videos featuring Nintendo characters prompted corporate complaints. OpenAI initially required rights holders to opt out, but CEO Sam Altman backtracked after outcry and promised to give rightsholders greater control over content use.
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