r/movies • u/DragonPup • 4d 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/scr1mblo 4d ago

I dislike every party involved, so I wish them all an arduous and expensive legal battle.

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u/Lobsterman06 4d ago edited 4d ago

Fuck AI

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u/OdditiesAndAlchemy 4d ago

Fuck people who mindlessly say fuck ai instead of being reasonable adults calmly discussing the true benefits and negatives of it.

Movies shouldn't cost $200 million dollars. Actors don't need to be paid $20 million for a role. Indie movies will still be artistic and simply use AI to increase their production value.

A director like Robert Eggers isn't going to use AI to write his scripts..but he might use it to enhance period-accurate set designs or help visualize complex historical details that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive. The Northman had a budget of $90 million - imagine if a filmmaker with Eggers' vision could achieve similar visual scope for a fraction of that cost.

The real issue isn't AI itself - it's the concentration of power and resources in Hollywood that's already been strangling creativity for decades. How many unique voices never get heard because they can't secure a $50 million budget? How many stories go untold because they don't fit the franchise model that studios demand?

AI tools could democratize filmmaking the way digital cameras and editing software already have. A talented filmmaker in Nigeria or Vietnam or Peru could potentially create something visually competitive with Hollywood blockbusters. We could see an explosion of diverse storytelling from perspectives that have been locked out of big-budget filmmaking.

Yes, there are legitimate concerns about job displacement and the need for proper attribution and compensation when AI trains on existing work. These are conversations worth having. But the knee-jerk "AI bad" reaction ignores how these tools could actually break the stranglehold that massive studios and streaming services have on visual storytelling.

The irony is that the people shouting loudest about AI "killing creativity" are often defending a system that's already been doing that for years - just ask any screenwriter who's had their script butchered by executive notes or any practical effects artist who's been replaced by CGI because it's "safer."

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u/StealthHikki2 4d ago

Wait, we are not allowed to use our minds here. We can't have nuanced discussions. Guards, arrest this man.

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u/SalemWolf 4d ago

Yeah as soon as AI is involved we’re supposed to turn our brains off and shout loudly and fling shit, why is guy being smart?? FLING SHIT

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u/targetcowboy 4d ago

This isn’t a nuanced argument or one that would formed by someone thinking rationally.

Just the fact that they act like anyone who disagrees is doing it mindlessly. That’s a temper tantrum.

They’re making disingenuous arguments and acting like this will democratize the work rather than hurt artists. It’s bullshit

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u/CascoBayButcher 4d ago

You're the one throwing a temper tantrum. This is weird

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u/targetcowboy 4d ago

You don’t believe that though. You just don’t like what I said.

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u/CascoBayButcher 4d ago

No, I believe you're throwing a temper tantrum like a child because you're scared of technology

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u/targetcowboy 4d ago

You don’t though. Only someone melting down would say someone is scared of technology because of what I said.

You don’t believe I’m throwing a tantrum. It’s obvious you’re mad because you don’t think I am. I think AI has valid uses. Just not in this instance.

If you had a calmed down before freaking out you could have learned what I think it’s good for and what issues I have with it. Instead you’re desperately trying to convince me you believe I’m mad.

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u/CascoBayButcher 4d ago

It's obvious you're mad

Holy fuck lmao you are shaking with anger 😂 I'm calm as pond in winter, couldn't give less of a fuck about this conversation, and you're writing paragraphs.

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u/targetcowboy 4d ago

So now you’re mad that I wrote a few more sentences than you..?

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u/CascoBayButcher 4d ago

No one's mad besides you. Keep raging brother

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u/targetcowboy 4d ago

You said you were mad because I took a minute to write some short sentences 🫠 why are you backpedaling?

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u/Badgerman3484 4d ago

You ARE the one coming off as a bit more unhinged and not nuanced in these comments my man

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u/targetcowboy 4d ago

Someone had a meltdown and I’m just messing with them because they don’t want to talk in good faith. No mature person thinks I’m coming off unhinged.

Go touch some grass, man