"Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney over claims the AI startup "brazenly dispenses its intellectual property as if it were its own," as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. In the lawsuit, Warner Bros. Discovery alleges that Midjourney generated "countless" infringing images and videos of its copyrighted characters, including Superman, Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo, and more."
"Warner Bros. Discovery accuses Midjourney of reproducing, displaying, and distributing "unauthorized derivatives" of its intellectual property through its AI image and video generation tools. Throughout the lawsuit, Warner Bros. Discovery shares several examples of how Midjourney's AI tools seem to have generated images of copyrighted characters, like Wonder Woman, Tweety, the Power Puff Girls, and even Rick and Morty in response to prompts asking to see the characters in certain situations."
Warner Bros. Discovery alleges that Midjourney's AI generated countless infringing images and videos of its copyrighted characters, including Superman, Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo, Wonder Woman, Tweety, the Powerpuff Girls, and Rick and Morty. The complaint accuses Midjourney of reproducing, displaying, and distributing unauthorized derivatives of the company's intellectual property through its image and video generation tools. The lawsuit includes examples of AI outputs showing those characters in specific situations in response to user prompts. Warner Bros. Discovery claims the startup "brazenly dispenses" its intellectual property as if it were its own. The company seeks remedies for alleged widespread infringement.
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