Disney and Universal sue AI image company Midjourney for unlicensed use of 'Star Wars,' 'The Simpsons' and more Disney and Universal joined forces in a lawsuit against artificial intelligence image ...

Disney and NBCUniversal's lawsuit against AI company Midjourney is a way to establish legal precedent around AI.

"Piracy is piracy," says Disney's chief legal officer, as the studios aim to show that tools allowing personalized AI slop creations of characters like Darth Vader or Shrek run afoul of their IP.

I n a bold move that’s sending ripples throughout the entertainment and digital art industries, Disney and Universal Studios have filed a joint lawsuit against Midjourney, a prominent online art ...

Brandon Bauman, a top Hollywood dealmaker and chief strategy officer at Loti AI, examines the landmark lawsuit filed by ...

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims the AI company Midjourney generates images that “blatantly incorporate and copy” the movie studios’ famous characters.

In a move that could redefine the boundaries between generative AI (genAI) and intellectual property, Disney and Universal have joined forces to file a lawsuit against Midjourney, one of the world ...

Disney and NBCU filed suit against Midjourney, a generative AI start-up, ... according to the media companies’ lawsuit. Midjourney first launched its AI image generator in February 2022. ...

On June 11, 2025, Disney and several affiliated production companies filed a federal lawsuit against Midjourney, Inc., a leading artificial intelligence (AI) image-generation platform.

The lawsuit includes some convincing side-by-sides of the real movie stills and the images Midjourney has created. It's not as if those examples are a close facsimile that can be mistaken for ...

Disney and NBCU filed suit against Midjourney, a generative AI start-up, alleging copyright infringement.

In the next chapter of Big Entertainment vs. Big Tech, Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Midjourney over tools that allow users to create images and ...