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

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 ...

In a move that could redefine the boundaries between generative AI (genAI) and intellectual property, Disney and Universal ...

"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.

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.

Launched publicly in 2022, Midjourney is now a prominent name in the AI text-to-image industry. According to Disney and Universal’s lawsuit, it made $300 million last year.

Why Disney’s AI Lawsuit Will Determine Whether Studios Survive A fight to shape the rules of the road for automated content. But it's even bigger than that.

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

Disney and Universal are suing AI photo generation company Midjourney, marking the first major legal showdown between Hollywood studios and an artificial intelligence company.

Midjourney 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.

Last week, both Disney and NBCUniversal sued AI company Midjourney in a case of copyright infringement. For several years, there have been countless lawsuits filed by individuals against companies ...