DisneyがMidjourneyを著作権侵害で提訴 — だがMidjourneyはDisney自身のAI利用の開示を要求
Midjourneyは裁判所に対し、Disney、Universal、Warner Brosに社内での生成AI利用状況を開示するよう求めた。この反訴は、スタジオが損害賠償を請求する一方で同様の技術を使用していると主張するもので、市場への悪影響という彼らの主張は偽善的である可能性を指摘している。
midjourney is escalating its legal defense against disney, universal, and warner bros by filing a motion to compel broader discovery, demanding access to internal ai tools, prompts, and outputs that the studios claim are exempt. the ai startup argues that limiting discovery to consumer-facing videos allows the studios to hide their own use of generative ai for internal storyboarding and content ideation, which midjourney asserts proves training on unlicensed copyrighted material is industry custom. midjourney contends that if the studios are developing models that perform the actions they sued over—downloading and training on copyrighted characters without licenses—it invalidates their claims of market harm. the studios' lead attorney has dismissed these requests as a 'fishing expedition,' insisting the case is simply about stopping unauthorized distribution of famous characters.