Disney and Universal Studios are suing MidJourney AI for copying their shyt

[RamsayBolton]

Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

The suit, against Midjourney, is the first time major Hollywood companies have sued over A.I.-generated images.

www.nytimes.com

Disney and Universal sued a prominent artificial intelligence start-up for copyright infringement on Wednesday, bringing Hollywood belatedly into the increasingly intense battle over generative A.I.
The movie companies sued Midjourney, an A.I. image generator that has tens of millions of registered users. The 110-page lawsuit contends that Midjourney “helped itself to countless” copyrighted works to train its software, which allows people to create images (and soon videos) that “blatantly incorporate and copy Disney’s and Universal’s famous characters.”
“Midjourney is the quintessential copyright free-rider and a bottomless pit of plagiarism,” the companies said in the lawsuit, which was filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles.

Midjourney could not immediately be reached for comment.

 

[feelosofer]

I Done Made



Is that why we had to shut down that HOF thread?

 

[Hater Eraser]

 

[DamienWayne]

Can they sue ?

 

[MushroomX]

MidJourney didn’t "plagiarize" Disney, it just gave the internet the tools to do exactly what Disney’s been doing to folklore and foreign animation.

 

[RamsayBolton]

Can they sue ?

I assume so since it took them so long and it's Disney. I imagine they were trying to make sure its airtight, but who knows

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

Can they sue ?

Disney is litigious as fukk. They do not play with their IPs. There have been a couple of other cases before, but this will be a landmark case on fair use by ML companies.

 

[King Poetic]

Good

Tired already of AI

 

[Seoul Gleou]

They think this will stop AI from copying IP?

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

They think this will stop AI from copying IP?

Disney stopped Chinese Lego knockoff maker Lepin from making Star Wars sets. The Mouse got clout.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Disney stopped Chinese Lego knockoff maker Lepin from making Star Wars sets. The Mouse got clout.

What is the difference between tangible Lego products and intangible, infinitely reproducible AI content?

 

[CBSkyline]

Large corporations feeling like their proprietary rights are being stolen might be the only thing that slows this side of AI down a bit. But hell, once it develops further, companies like Disney will just fire the workers and use AI to make the shyt themselves

 

[MajesticLion]

Thieves crying foul

 

[Lonj]

What is the difference between tangible Lego products and intangible, infinitely reproducible AI content?

If these companies can stop people from making money off of the "infinitely reproducible AI content" then said content is dead in the water essentially.

 

[Da King]

Irony


fukk Disney