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Two Hollywood Giants Sue AI Image Engine Midjourney Calling It A 'Bottomless Pit Of Plagiarism'
- Disney and NBCUniversal have filed a lawsuit against AI image engine Midjourney in Federal Court, accusing it of stealing their intellectual property.
- Midjourney is a generative-AI tool trained on internet data, allowing users to create images based on copyrighted material without permission.
- The lawsuit alleges that Midjourney made $300 million in revenue last year from roughly 21 million users.
- Midjourney is accused of distributing images and soon videos that incorporate and copy Disney's and Universal's famous characters without permission or investment in their creation.
- The lawsuit states that Midjourney is seen as a copyright free-rider and a bottomless pit of plagiarism, threatening U.S. copyright law incentives in creative arts.
- This legal action signifies a major challenge to generative-AI companies, similar to past lawsuits against entities like OpenAI for copying written work, impacting technology investments by major companies like Microsoft, Google, and Meta.
- The lawsuit highlights the broader threat posed by Midjourney's business model to the American motion picture industry, which has a significant economic impact and creates numerous jobs.
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