Disney has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google, accusing the company of widespread copyright infringement involving its popular characters and

The Walt Disney Co on Wednesday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google, alleging the tech giant has been infringing on its works to train and develop generative AI models without compensation, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Axios.

Disney is accusing Google of copyright infringement on a "massive scale" using AI models and services to "commercially exploit and distribute" infringing images and videos.

Disney preempted the announcement of this deal by delivering a cease-and-desist letter to Google (GOOG) on Wednesday evening. The letter accuses Google (and Google’s Gemini AI) of widespread copyright infringement in relation to popular Disney character likenesses, per Variety’s reporting.

Google is ‘flooding the market with infringing works,’ Disney claims.

Disney has fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Google, claiming that its AI training models and services infringe on its copyrights on a "massive scale."

As Disney inks a $1 billion deal with OpenAI to license its characters for AI videos, the entertainment giant is also going after Google. Disney sent Google a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday, alleging that Google AI models are infringing on its copyright protections on a "massive scale."

Users of Sora and ChatGPT Images will be able to generate videos using characters such as Darth Vader, Ariel and Cinderella beginning in early 2026.

Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without permission via Gemini AI.