Japanese content trade group CODA — whose members include award-winning animation house Studio Ghibli — issued a letter to OpenAI demanding the AI company stop using their content to train its Sora 2 AI video generation platform. CODA, the Content Overseas Distribution Association, also implied that OpenAI’s opt-out system for copyright holders runs afoul of Japan’s copyright-infringement laws.

The mission of CODA is “to promote the overseas development of Japanese content and take anti-piracy measures,” the organization says. CODA, at the request of its member companies, submitted a written request to OpenAI last week regarding Sora 2, which launched in September and is able to generate high-quality, realistic-looking video.

“CODA has confirmed that a large portion of content produc

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