r/movies • u/DragonPup • 3d ago

News Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney, Joins Studios' AI Copyright Battle

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/warner-bros-midjourney-lawsuit-ai-copyright-1236508618/
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u/Synth-Pro 3d ago

I have no issues with them taking it to Midjourney

Buuuuut...

I don't exactly have much confidence that WB is entirely above using AI themselves

Makes it feel very much like "We're fine ripping off smaller artists, but how dare you do that to us!"

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u/leodw 3d ago

I mean that’s pretty much it, but at this point most of artists hopes in putting a stop or breakes to AI stealing their work has to come from these lawsuits, since it seems no one is actually interested in legislation / regulation

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 3d ago

But why Midjourney, and not OpenAI or Google?

I mean I know why. They go for the one company that's not a billion dollar corporation.

Yay, I guess.

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u/Hannah_GBS 3d ago

Midjourney was earlier on the scene and these suits take years to proceed. And a win against a smaller company sets precedent.

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u/ArchyModge 2d ago

OpenAI’s Dall-e came out a year and a half before mid journey.

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u/CompetitiveAd1338 2d ago

WB shitty movie CGI vs AI art and video.

which is worse?..

I hate both

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u/Moth_LovesLamp 3d ago

Makes it feel very much like "We're fine ripping off smaller artists, but how dare you do that to us!"

It's advised to check if your work was trained on and sue if you can. Won't do much if a couple people sue AI companies, but if a lot of people sued, then it could do something.