Summary
- Disney and Universal are suing AI image generator Midjourney over its use of copyrighted characters.
- The companies claim Midjourney’s AI uses Disney and Universal characters to promote its tools, and that the firm has ignored their requests to stop.
- The plaintiffs also expressed concern that Midjourney will use the characters in a soon-to-be-released video generator.
- This is the latest in a string of lawsuits brought against AI firms by publishers and content creators over alleged copyright infringement.
- ChatGPT maker OpenAI has faced lawsuits from The New York Times and a group of authors, while Reddit sued Anthropic last week.
- Disney and Universal are calling for a jury trial and described the case as “textbook copyright infringement” under settled law.
By Hayden Field
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