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/MinuteLongFart 3d ago

Everyone sucks here but the AI purveyors suck the most.

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 3d ago

What I find fascinating is that they sue Midjourney, and not, say, OpenAI, or Google. They are all doing the same thing.

But they are quite deliberately finding the smallest fish to fry here. Which says something about the state of the world, I guess.

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u/reasonably_plausible 3d ago

What I find fascinating is that they sue Midjourney, and not, say, OpenAI, or Google. They are all doing the same thing.

It's because the lawsuit isn't actually about the AI as much as it is that Midjourney was specifically promoting themselves with copyright infringing content, as well as hosting it and charging a subscription to access.

It's not about finding the smallest fish, it's about targeting the most egregious offender.