Square Enix, Bandai, and other Japanese studios demand OpenAI stop using their content without permission, drop a not-too-subtle hint about legal trouble if it doesn’t

The Content Overseas Distribution Association, a Japanese industry group whose members include Square Enix, Bandai Namco, FromSoftware parent Kadokawa Corporation, and Cygames, has issued a formal notice to OpenAI demanding that it stop using its members content to train its Sora 2 video generation tool without permission. In a way, it feels like this was…

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Retroid Confirms Rapper Soulja Boy “Does Not Have Permission” To Rebrand And Sell Its Handhelds

Rapper is under fire again for rebranding other people’s products. Remember when one-hit-wonder Soulja Boy (real name DeAndre Cortez Way) got caught selling rebranded handhelds? Well, he’s back at it again (actually, this is technically ‘again again’) because he’s now flipping Retroid handhelds via his shady Soulja Game branding. As spotted by Retro Dodo, Soulja…

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