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Entertainment & Sports

Jun. 12, 2025

Disney sues Midjourney for AI-generated copyright infringement

Disney and its studios sue Midjourney in federal court, alleging the AI image generator illegally uses copyrighted characters like Darth Vader, ignoring cease-and-desist letters and profiting from plagiarism.

Disney and several of its film companies accused a San Francisco based AI image generator of willfully training its system to encourage users to create unauthorized images and videos of their most recognizable characters, according to a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

"By helping itself to plaintiffs' copyrighted works, and then distributing images (and soon videos) that blatantly incorporate and copy Disney's and Universal's famous characters - without invest...

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