At long last, Hollywood has thrown its hat into the generative
AI lawsuit ring.
Disney (together with its subsidiaries Marvel, Lucasfilm,
Twentieth Century Fox) joined forces earlier this month with
Universal Studios (together with its subsidiary DreamWorks) to
bring a copyright infringement lawsuit against AI image generation
start-up Midjourney at the US District Court of the Central
District of California, representing possibly the highest profile
AI lawsuit to date.
The Plaintiffs require no introduction: they are the two largest
film studios in the United States, owning the rights to some of the
largest franchises in the business, like Star Wars, the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, Snow White, Toy Story, Lion King, Frozen, the
Simpsons, Lilo and Stitch, Shrek, Despicable Me, How to Train Your
Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, and Boss Baby.
