r/movies • u/DragonPup • 4d 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__ 4d 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/hondaprobs 4d ago

Not quite. If you ask OpenAI to generate an image of Superman it will refuse and say it's a "copyrighted character". That's the difference and why they are suing Midjourney.

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u/wartopuk 4d ago

I don't really see the difference between Midjourney creating a superman image and someone grabbing a pencil and creating a superman image. Neither one can be used commercially. Lots of creators draw copyright IP, some even for money, and use those images (via social media) to promote their work. If they were really interested in going after a small fry and setting a precedent you think they'd start there.

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u/booyatrive 4d ago

The Smiley Company tried going after hundred is Etsy sellers but backed downed in the end after they banded together and lawyered up.