Disney and Universal Sue Midjournyy, claim to violate copyright -related rights

Disney and Universal filed a lawsuit against the Ai Generative Midjourney platform by allegedly training art generation models and editing them on its content with permission.

Disney and Universal filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming that Midjourney ignored their previous requests Stop violating their intellectual property rightsAccording to the Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit, which was filed in the California Central Province Court, includes dozens of examples of Midjourney images that depict the personalities protected figures in the studio, such as Homer Simpson and Darath Vider.

Studios seek cash compensation, trial of jury, and Midjourney’s order prohibits more copyright violations. Midjournyy did not immediately respond to the TECHCRUNCH request for comment.

Technology companies, including Openai to cover Legal Cover to train on the works available to the public, including publication -protected work, without the need to ask creators to license or compensate them. As the Wall Street Journal notes, some film and television studios have tried artificial intelligence technology, but in a relatively limited way.