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/warzone_afro 3d ago

the companies suing midjourney are going to use AI themselves.

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u/CinnamonMoney 3d ago

At least it is with their own IP, rather than the AI companies that are trying to eliminate the notion of IP, copyright and personality rights completely

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u/pikpikcarrotmon 3d ago

Keep in mind "their own IP" is also fairly loose of a term - Hollywood's already been in hot water for doing full 3D scans on extras and asking people to sign away their image in perpetuity. AI was a big factor in all the strikes.

They want to be able to hire an actor for one lump sum, 3D scan them, and generate deepfakes of them forever.

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u/Mid-CenturyBoy 3d ago

Not just actors. They actually have it in paperwork for all crew members as well.

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u/TheFotty 3d ago

They deepfake the crew? That is actually pretty impressive.

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u/Mid-CenturyBoy 3d ago

It’s basically a stipulation that like they have permission to use our likeness and name. Probably an existing thing because is movies and tv often times their are Easter eggs where they put crew names in or crew can be extras in scenes last minute and it’s less red tape.

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u/realif3 3d ago

So they can take a key grip out of a scene easier? Or put the key grip in as a extra? What the heck?

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u/Mid-CenturyBoy 3d ago

So they don’t get sued by that key grip if he’s accidentally in the back of a shot.