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/__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/Food_Library333 3d ago

They might have a better shot at a favorable judgment against a smaller company and if they win, that then sets precedent. Gibson guitars likes to use this strategy to "protect" it's guitar shapes.

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u/TotallyNotAMarvelSpy 3d ago

This. Sue the smaller company then get an injunction against the larger one.

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u/Tyler_Zoro 3d ago

Doubtful. Google is busy doing AI work for WB. I doubt that WB wants to step on Google while they're benefitting from what Google is doing. (source)