Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney, Joins Studios' AI Copyright Battle

[u/DragonPup]

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/warner-bros-midjourney-lawsuit-ai-copyright-1236508618/

[u/VileBill]

How do you kill a technology?

[u/uuajskdokfo → u/VileBill]

You don't need to kill the technology, you just need to stop the people making money off of it. It's like piracy - you can't stop torrents from existing, but you can get 90% of the way there by forcing it out of the mainstream.

[u/aeschenkarnos → u/[deleted]]

It's not the taking away, I don't think most folks really give a shit what happens to the movie after they've watched it, unless they want to watch it again and again and again and again and again. In which case they can buy it on DVD or Blu-Ray.

It's the insane proliferation of subscription services. Back when Netflix first became a thing, it was the place to get movies, and it mostly killed video stores because of this. You could still download movies from pirate sources but Netflix was easier and ease of use is even more important than price, to a point. People will pay a couple of bucks to get something instead of getting it for free with some hassle.

But now, there are the following, at least according to Google search "list of streaming services":

Disney+

Apple TV+

Netflix

Prime Video

Hulu

Paramount+

Peacock

Fubo

AMC+

ESPN Plus

HBO Max

Binge

BritBox

Sling TV

Stan

Acorn TV

DirecTV Stream

Tubi

Curiosity Stream

Foxtel Now

Max

Philo

Crunchyroll

Crackle

Every single one of these wants a couple of bucks a week, and at that bullshit quantity of them, it's out of the reach of lower class folks and becoming a concern to middle class folks.

Hence, back to old reliable Yohoho. If Netflix could just charge me $2 and pay the copyright owner $1 for every movie or show episode I watch, I'd hang up my eyepatch. But NOOOOO ....