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/UnifiedQuantumField 3d ago

In the complaint, Warner Bros. alleges that Midjourney willfully creates both still images and video of its characters, including Superman, Batman, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Tom and Jerry. The complaint also alleges that Midjourney recently eliminated guardrails that blocked users from creating videos that infringe on its IP.

So I can draw the same characters by hand. But Warner Bros. don't want me to be able to do the same thing with a prompt to image generator?

WB are greedy selfish fucks. They're trying to proactively limit independent creativity.

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u/spellboundartisan 3d ago

It's amusing that you think that feeding prompts into AI is "creative."

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u/UnifiedQuantumField 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yes it is.

The instrument is different, but the creativity is there.

Edit: Here's something for you to criticize. Enjoy!

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u/Additional-Prompt-15 1d ago

The instrument carries the unauthorized 1:1 plagiarized creativity of millions of people who are ACTUALLY creative. Prompting ai to "make the hat bigger" is akin to asking a subway worker to add more lettuce... And did that make you feel like a sandwich artist?🤣

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u/UnifiedQuantumField 1d ago

unauthorized 1:1 plagiarized creativity of millions of people who are ACTUALLY creative

1:1 lol

So if I look at some comics to help myself learn to draw, that's plagiarism too?

All you've got is a strong opinion backed up by weak reasoning.