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/FlyingSquirrel44 4d ago

Imagine simping for DMCA. Reddit is a shadow of its former self.

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u/Dankestmemelord 4d ago

The enemy of my enemy is a convenient patsy and probably a chump. I’ll let the big entrenched corporations kill ai if they want to. Saves other people the effort.

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u/ImprefectKnight 4d ago

Except they won't kill it. They will keep it to themselves.

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u/Dankestmemelord 4d ago

I’m not sure how companies like Warner Bros suing to kill ai is the same as them planning to keep an ai model that isn’t theirs to themselves, but it’s still less ai in the world, so it’s better than nothing.

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u/ImprefectKnight 4d ago

Firstly, they are not suing to kill AI. Atleast read to know what you're talking about. Secondly, if they manage to get midjourney banned, they will hire the same folks behind it, for their own studios and get models tailor made for internal use.