2025 年 12 月 11 日，迪士尼与 OpenAI 宣布一项授权合作：自 2026 年起，Sora 可生成包含米奇老鼠、爱丽儿与尤达等角色的影片。迪士尼将取得 10 亿美元持股，迪士尼员工也将获得 OpenAI 的 API 与 ChatGPT 存取权，把 IP 管控与产品落地绑在一起。

此举与迪士尼一贯强硬维权形成对照：它在 2025 年 6 月与环球影业一起起诉 Midjourney，且据报在宣布合作前一晚向 Google 发出停止侵权函。法律走向显示训练「输入」资料可能落在合理使用，但「输出」内容仍是权利人更强的主张点，因而推动以定价与授权来规范模型能展示什么。

对迪士尼而言，合作带来护栏与新形式：Disney+ 将展示精选的粉丝创作 Sora 短片，服务这家 102 年历史的公司，而持股也用来对冲变局，呼应其在 2024 年对 Epic Games 的 15 亿美元投资。对 OpenAI 而言，这带来重要资金注入与超过 200 个全球知名角色的使用权，显示版权战正从「排除」转向「付费纳入」。

On Dec 11, 2025, Disney and OpenAI announced a licensing deal: starting in 2026, Sora can generate videos with characters such as Mickey Mouse, Ariel, and Yoda. Disney will take a $1 billion stake, and Disney staff gain access to OpenAI’s APIs and ChatGPT, pairing IP control with product distribution.

The move contrasts with Disney’s aggressive enforcement: it sued Midjourney with Universal in June 2025 and reportedly sent Google a cease-and-desist the night before. Legal momentum suggests training inputs may be fair use, while outputs remain a stronger claim for rights holders—an incentive to price and license what models can display.

For Disney, the deal adds guardrails and new formats: Disney+ will showcase curated fan-made Sora shorts for the 102-year-old studio, while the equity stake hedges disruption, echoing its $1.5 billion 2024 investment in Epic Games. For OpenAI, it brings a major cash infusion and access to 200+ globally recognized characters, signaling the copyright fight is shifting from exclusion to monetized inclusion.