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Disney and Universal Launch Pivotal Copyright Lawsuit Against Midjourney Over AI Image Training

Major studios challenge generative AI's use of copyrighted characters, seeking injunctions and licensing safeguards in landmark federal case

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On June 11, 2025, The Walt Disney Company and Universal Studios filed a federal lawsuit against AI firm Midjourney, accusing it of copyright infringement for training its image-generation models on proprietary characters without authorization. The case, filed in California, spotlights the legal tensions between creati…
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Disney and Universal Launch Pivotal Copyright Lawsuit Against Midjourney Over AI Image Training On June 11, 2025, The Walt Disney Company and Universal Studios filed a federal lawsuit against AI firm Midjourney, accusing it of copyright infringement for training its image-generation models on proprietary character... Read the full IIPLA article: https://iipla.org/news/disney-and-universal-launch-pivotal-copyright-lawsuit-against-midjourney-over-ai-image-training

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