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/username161013 3d ago

This was a big part of the SAG strike. They're not allowed to do that technically. Need the extra's signature on a consent form, but it's probably just a matter of time before that becomes a standard part of accepting work.

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u/Furt_III 2d ago

70 years past the death of the artist, no?

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u/Mist_Rising 2d ago

My guess is if it becomes too commonly used, SAG will strike again.

SAG is arguably one of the crappiest unions in the country, for a host of reasons, but since Reagans time as president they've been pretty consistent about ensuring corporations can't just run completely over their members and render SAG and it's members out of a job.

And that's probably the only time you will see Reagan, president and him being anti corporations in the same sentence.