Mickey Mouse police came for c.ai. Is this the start of mass censorship?

Disney just hit Character AI with a cease-and-desist, forcing them to pull Disney characters from the platform. Searches for Mickey, Donald, Luke Skywalker etc. now come up empty, though some Disney-owned IPs are still slipping through.

But the real question is:
is this the future for all chatbot platforms?
Are we about to see every corporate IP lock things down until nothing’s left but bland, censored bots?

I’m also wondering — why didn’t Nintendo come first for their characters?

What do you think, legit protection of IP, or the death of freedom in AI chatbots?

Also, I’m happy to see that r/chatbots is back!