WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn issued the following news release:

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a letter to ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo regarding Seedance 2.0's egregious infringement of copyrighted materials belonging to American innovators. Senators Blackburn and Welch are calling on the Chinese company to immediately shut down this platform and comply with U.S. copyright law.

ByteDance's AI Video Generation Model Known as 'Seedance 2.0' Is Fueling Theft of American Creative Work

"We write regarding Seedance 2.0's infringement of the copyrighted materials of both American and global innovators. This technology is the most glaring example of copyright infringement from a ByteDance pro...