This is bad news for artists and media companies that want a say in how AI companies use their intellectual property.

The 100-plus-page lawsuit details the ways Midjourney enables its users to recreate characters that belong to Disney's and Universal's different worlds, such as Marvel and Star Wars.

The case represents the first significant effort from major studios to tackle the complex issues surrounding copyright law and AI. “Midjourney’s bootlegging business model and defiance of U.S ...

The Walt Disney Co. and NBCUniversal have filed a joint lawsuit against AI company Midjourney citing alleged copyright violations. Midjourney is an image-generating service that, according to the ...

Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement. By Dawn Chmielewski. June 11, 2025 8:31 PM UTC Updated June 11, 2025 Item 1 of 2 A view of the Walt ...

We previously wrote about a Chinese court decision that protected the copyright of AI-generated images in the ‘half heart’ case. However, in a ...

A series of lawsuits working their way through the courts are foundational battles that will help shape the legal and ethical ...

Perlmutter, filed in 2023, Jason Allen contends that Work I, which he created using Midjourney AI, a text-to-picture AI software, deserves copyright protection because it was created with more human ...

However, instead of stopping its infringement, they argue Midjourney has continued to release new versions of its Image Service, which according to Midjourney’s founder and CEO, have even higher ...

One of the most contentious issues in AI copyright law is whether detailed prompts can qualify a user as ... this means that simply inputting a detailed command into systems like MidJourney, ...