WBD, Universal & Disney Sue

TECH SECTION

Disney v. Midjourney.

Hollywood sues Big AI tech. Warner Bros. Discovery now joins Universal and Disney in suing Midjourney AI, which generates images and videos from user prompts.

The suit alleges that MidJourney trained its AI on characters from:

• Warner Bros.

• DC Comics

• Turner Entertainment Co.

• Cartoon Network

• Disney

• Marvel

• LucasFilm

• 20th Century

• Universal

• DreamWorks

The evidence is pretty striking, but what’s crazier is that the full case, filed with the U.S. District Court in LA, shows how users can literally request stills from the Blu-ray of Marvel’s Infinity War, and Midjourney will “generate” them (see above).

We don’t want to see the internet becoming a cesspool of DIY Superman, Batman, Yoda, Darth Vader, Homer Simpson, Spiderman, Buzz Lightyear, and Simba (all characters named in the lawsuit).