Film giants have jointly left a challenge against the artificial intelligence company.
Midjorney blame the film companies for copying their characters, among other things. Daram
Disney and Universal are challenging the artificial intelligence company Midjorney for copyright infringement, writes New York Times. The action against Midjorney is the first time that large Hollywood companies challenge artificial intelligence for the images it produces.
The action has been submitted to the US district court in Los Angeles and requires Midjourney to pay damages but does not include accurate money.
Film companies In an 110-page action It is alleged that Midjourney has utilized countless copyright -protected works to train its software.
– Using unauthorized works of copyrighted by the plaintiffs and spreading pictures (and soon also videos) that blatantly utilize and copy well -known characters in Disney and Universal – without investing in them – Midjourney is a pure free -rider and an inexhaustible source of plagiarism, film companies write.
According to the action, Disney sent a legal termination requirement to Midjourney last year, but the company did not respond except by acknowledging the reception. Universal sent a similar claim last month without getting any answer.
Midjourney did not respond to the comment requests asked by Times. The company is one of the most popular text -based image generators. The user writes the description of the picture they want, and the bot creates it in seconds.
The characters created by Disney are protected by copyright law. Aop
The anticipated counter -action
Meredith Stiehm, the chairman of the Writers Guild of America West, has said The Los Angeles Times in Februarythat creative workers in the entertainment city are increasingly frustrated with the silence of studios in the matter.
“They have not protested against copyrighted material stolen by artificial intelligence companies, and it is for them to surrender and be a bystander,” he comments at that time.
Now, however, the two most influential traditional US entertainment companies in the United States have joined forces and created an action that serves as a general warning.
“We have taken this measure to protect the work of all the artists whose creations entertain and inspire us, and to secure significant investments that we make in our content,” said NBCUNIVersal’s lawyer Kim Harris in a separate email to Times.
Midjorney has already received the termination requirement from film companies. Aop