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Judge Kronstadt consolidates Disney and Warner Brothers’ suit v. Midjourney
Read more: Judge Kronstadt consolidates Disney and Warner Brothers’ suit v. MidjourneyThe order: “ORDER RE JOINT STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES (DKT. 21 ) by Judge John A. Kronstadt. The Stipulation is APPROVED as follows: Disney Enterprises Inc. et al. v. Midjourney, Inc., Case No. 2:25-cv-05275-JAK-AJR (“Disney”) and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al. v. Midjourney Inc., No. 2:25-cv-08376-JAK-E (“Warner Bros.”) are CONSOLIDATED for all purposes, including…
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Judge Kronstadt issues order in Warner Brothers v. Midjourney
Read more: Judge Kronstadt issues order in Warner Brothers v. MidjourneyJudge Kronstadt issued an order in anticipation of the scheduling conference: “ORDER SETTING RULE 16(b)/26(f) SCHEDULING CONFERENCE by Judge John A. Kronstadt. Counsel shall file a Joint Report consistent with this Order. A hearing is not necessary and, therefore, the matter is taken under submission. Upon review of the Joint Report, a scheduling order will…
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Midjourney files Rule 7.1 statement, disclosing its insurers
Read more: Midjourney files Rule 7.1 statement, disclosing its insurersInteresting to see all the insurance companies listed on Midjourney’s disclosure statement for Rule 7.1 Midjourney has 5 different insurers! This made me wonder about other AI companies. Anthropic listed Google as a having a financial interest in the lawsuit filed by Bartz.
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Midjourney files Answer to Disney suit: stresses role of users in generating outputs and Disney’s failure to use DMCA notice and takedown
Read more: Midjourney files Answer to Disney suit: stresses role of users in generating outputs and Disney’s failure to use DMCA notice and takedownIn its Answer, Midjourney not only questions Disney’s simultaneous use of Midjourney (through “many dozens of … Plaintiffs’ corporate email addresses” used as subscribers of Midjourney) and filing a lawsuit against Midjourney, but also highlights the role of users in generating outputs on Midjourney (for which the company is not directly responsible for outside of…
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Sarah Andersen loses bid to get Midjourney’s datasets beyond LAION
Read more: Sarah Andersen loses bid to get Midjourney’s datasets beyond LAIONMidjourney just got some good news. Magistrate Judge Cisneros denied Sarah Andersen’s motion to compel the production of datasets that Midjourney used beyond the datasets from the nonprofit LAION. Judge Cisneros ruled that the plaintiffs only alleged the use of the LAOIN datasets in their complaint. Their claims are solely based on LAOIN datasets.
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A week after being sued by Disney, Midjourney launches video generator. Risky business?
Read more: A week after being sued by Disney, Midjourney launches video generator. Risky business?As Disney and Universal anticipated in their Complaint against Midjourney, a new feature of video generation has just been launched by Midjourney. And the results are super impressive: but is this risky business for midjourney? One of Disney and Universal’s main gripes is that Midjourney allegedly failed to institute greater guardrails to prevent Midjourney from…
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Did Midjourney just awaken the sleeping giant? Disney, Universal file copyright suit v. AI image generator for outputs of their characters.
Read more: Did Midjourney just awaken the sleeping giant? Disney, Universal file copyright suit v. AI image generator for outputs of their characters.midjourney hits different The majority of the 41 copyright lawsuits against AI companies do not involve alleged infringement in the outputs of AI generators. A handful do, including the New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI, which included in Exhibit J to the complaint 100 examples of alleged regurgitated articles generated from ChatGPT. But OpenAI said…
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Disney and Universal Studios sue Midjourney for recreating Disney characters. Copyright AI suits hit 42 in U.S. (Complaint PDF)
Read more: Disney and Universal Studios sue Midjourney for recreating Disney characters. Copyright AI suits hit 42 in U.S. (Complaint PDF)Disney Enterprises, Marvel, LucasFilm, Twentieth Century Fox Film, Universal City Studios and Dreamworks just filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney in the Central District of California. The docket is here. The movie studios are represented by Jenner & Block attorneys David Singer, Julie Shepard, and Lauren Greene, out of the LA office. This raises the…
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Defendants file Answers in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI
Read more: Defendants file Answers in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AIAll four defendants filed their respective answers to Sarah Andersen plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in Andersen v. Stability AI. Stability AI Runway Midjourney Deviant Art
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Judge Orrick denies Midjourney’s motion for clarification of order related to trade dress of artists
Read more: Judge Orrick denies Midjourney’s motion for clarification of order related to trade dress of artistsIn the Andersen v. Stability AI case, Judge Orrick denied Midjourney’s request for clarification of the court’s denial of its motion to dismiss the Lanham Act trade dress claims. Midjourney cited Judge Orrick’s own prior decision in its motion: “[C]ourts in this circuit have required trade dress plaintiffs, at the very least, to provide adequate…