In the next chapter of Big Entertainment vs. Big Tech, Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against AI company Midjourney over tools that allow users to create images and videos that can manipulate its famous characters at the click of a prompt.
“Our world-class IP is built on decades of financial investment, creativity and innovation—investments only made possible by the incentives embodied in copyright law that give creators the exclusive right to profit from their works,” stated Disney chief legal officer Horacio Gutierrez. “We are bullish on the promise of AI technology and optimistic about how it can be used responsibly as a tool to further human creativity. But piracy is piracy, and the fact that it’s done by an AI company does not make it any less infringing.”
More to come.
