{"id":95769,"date":"2026-07-05T19:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/95769\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T19:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:17:08","slug":"midjourney-thinks-hollywood-should-fess-up-about-using-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/95769\/","title":{"rendered":"Midjourney Thinks Hollywood Should Fess Up About Using AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Generative AI is causing some headaches<\/a> in Hollywood, with Midjourney being sued<\/a> by major studios last year. Since it\u2019s already under the microscope, the tech company thinks the studios going after it should reveal in full how much they\u2019re using the controversial technology.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, a Midjourney lawyer filed a motion arguing that Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. should have to show what they\u2019ve gotten out of its similarly-named learning model. The motion follows a judge\u2019s ruling in June that limited its ability to learn about said studios\u2019 genAI usage. With this motion, the company is looking to obtain details from each studio, including training datasets and business plans, plus board meeting presentations about generative AI overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Plaintiffs are doing the very thing they seek to punish, that evidence goes to the heart of Midjourney\u2019s fair use and unclean hands defenses,\u201d said Midjourney attorney Bobby Ghajar. Before this motion, Disney, Universal, and WB each agreed to hand over information related to front-facing consumer information, none of which included internal AI tools. He further argued if such tools exist at these studios, that \u201cequally demonstrates [this] an industry custom, even among the studios themselves, to download and train AI on unlicensed copyrighted content.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conversely, David Singer, representing the three studios, countered Ghajar\u2019s statement, and said the studios just want Midjourney \u201cto stop copying their movies and TV shows and to stop\u2026publicly performing and creating derivative works that include copies of Plaintiffs\u2019 famous characters without authorization.\u201d That desire, he added, is something \u201cany copyright holder would assert against any infringer, AI-powered or otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the three, it\u2019s Disney that\u2019s been the most transparent about its interest in the technology: in late 2025, it announced a $1 billion investment into OpenAI<\/a> that would bring \u201chundreds\u201d of Disney characters to the Sora platform. Those plans fell apart earlier this year after SoraAI got shut down, with the media corporation saying it\u2019d still engage with AI platforms<\/a> and \u201cembrace new technologies that respect IP and the rights of creators.\u201d What that engagement looks like may depend on how this lawsuit, and whatever else Midjourney may uncover from the three companies, shakes out.<\/p>\n

[via Variety<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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