Both Disney and Paramount-Skydance have sent cease and desist letters to China's ByteDance accusing them of "blatant infringement" of intellectual property rights after the recent spate of hyper-realistic Seedance 2.

The US has seized the internet domains for three major piracy sites -- Zamunda. net, ArenaBG. com, and Zelka. org -- known for circulating bootleg copies of movies, TV shows, and video games to users in Europe.