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Disney, Universal sue AI startup Midjourney for copyright infringement

( June 11, 2025, 16:37 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence image generator Midjourney in federal court alleging copyright infringement. Midjourney “helped itself to countless” copyrighted works to train its software that allows users to create images, the companies said in their complaint filed today in federal court in Los Angeles, Calif. “Midjourney is the quintessential copyright free-rider and a bottomless pit of plagiarism."See attached documents....

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