Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to reveal in court how they use AI across their companies; studios sued Midjourney in 2025 for infringement
Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to reveal in court how they use AI across their companies; studios sued Midjourney in 2025 for infringement
The studios sued the AI image lab last year, accusing it of enabling massive infringement of their copyrighted characters.
Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström defends the company's expansion into AI-generated music, arguing that “controlled” products are superior to unregulated AI “slop”
Streaming app strikes deal with Universal allowing subscribers to create ‘controlled’ covers and remixes
Sources: Universal Music and Warner Music are nearing landmark AI licensing deals with companies including Google, ElevenLabs, Stability AI, Suno, and Udio
Universal and Warner seek payment structure similar to streaming as more disruption looms — Universal Music and Warner Music …
Meta rolls out a Horizon TV hub for Quest headsets, with apps including Disney+ and ESPN, and partners with Universal and Blumhouse to let users watch 3D movies
here's what we know Rasmus Larsen / FlatpanelsHD : Meta Quest: Disney+ coming soon, Dolby Atmos & new streaming hub Mariella Moon / Engadget : Meta Horizon TV is an entertainment hub for VR headsets C...
Disney, Universal, and WBD sue China-based MiniMax, alleging that its image- and video-generating service Hailuo AI was built from stolen intellectual property
Walt Disney (DIS.N), Comcast's (CMCSA.O) Universal and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) have jointly filed a copyright lawsuit …
Filing: Disney and NBCUniversal sue Midjourney in California, accusing it of direct and secondary copyright infringement; they say talks with Midjourney failed
www.reuters.com/business/med... Megan Farokhmanesh / @megannicolett : “bottomless pit of plagiarism” has a real ring to it www.wired.com/story/disney... Jason Read / @jasonread : Both Intellectual Pro...
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD
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Sources: YouTube is in talks with Sony, Warner, and Universal to license their songs for AI music generation tools coming in 2024 that mimic artists' music
Licensing negotiations come as industry wrestles with legal and creative impact of artificial intelligence
Sony Music sends letters to 700+ AI companies, developers, and music streaming platforms warning over the “unauthorized use” of Sony's content in training AI
first make sure it doesn't sound like any Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : The same Sony that shipped CDs that installed rootkits on customer computers to combat piracy? Maybe sit this one out. Julian Harri...