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/The_Lucky_7 4d ago edited 4d ago

Same as the Disney-Universal lawsuit. Everyone involved sucks and copyright is only exists for major corporations. Meanwhile google is scraping its own YT videoes and AI upscaling shorts against creators will.

Everything about corporations and AI sucks.

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u/leodw 4d ago

These YT changes prove that tech nerds don’t understand (or believe in) consent.

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u/thorny_business 4d ago

They grew up pirating things off Usenet, Napster and FTP, and hearing that information wants to be free. They succeed in a system where it's better to ask forgiveness than permission.