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Midjourney Seeks to Reveal Studios’ Use of AI in High-Stakes Copyright Battle

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Midjourney is demanding that Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. disclose how they use artificial intelligence, according to Variety. The demand comes as the studios prosecute a major copyright lawsuit against the AI image generator, accusing it of enabling infringement of their copyrighted characters. Midjourney is defending on fair-use grounds and using legal discovery to examine the studios' own AI practices. The outcome could reshape how major entertainment companies deploy artificial intelligence.

Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/midjourney-studios-ai-...

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