BREAKING
Midjourney Targets Studios' AI Use
Who Sued Midjourney
The Studios
Plaintiffs
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Disney and Universal sued in 2025
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Warner Bros. Discovery joined later
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Allege character infringement
Midjourney
Defendant
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Claims training is fair use
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Seeks studios' AI records
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Cites unclean hands defense
The Discovery Fight
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Studios sue in California
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Judge limits to consumer-facing use
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Midjourney objects
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Motion to overturn filed
What Midjourney Demands
Reactions Are Split
Supporters
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Exposes studio contradictions
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Could advance transparency
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Push toward fair-use standard
Critics
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Others doing it is weak defense
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Industry practice can still be illegal
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Called a fishing expedition
A Test for AI Fair Use
AI NEWS BLITZ
Midjourney is pushing back against the studios suing it over copyright.