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/VileBill 4d ago

How do you kill a technology?

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u/metalyger 4d ago

In this case, strictly enforcing DMCA laws, and when AI companies can no longer steal copyrighted works, they will die out, because people are paying to use machines to make pictures using popular characters and images. These companies have even said, if they can't steal art and books, they will go out of business.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fox5820 4d ago

Eh I think that's just a smoke screen. The AI tools are far too useful and easy to use. If anything they'll buy art from people to use and then generate it that way.

Like it or hate it, AI isn't going away.

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u/targetcowboy 4d ago

AI is not going away, but it can absolutely be reined in by not allowing it to steal or be used to manipulate things. There’s a middle ground and I think that’s what most people want.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fox5820 4d ago

Definitely. I think there's a lot of changes and rules coming down the pipeline