Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery sue China's MiniMax for copyright infringement

Hollywood studio competitors unite to sue Chinese AI company

Darth Vader, Wonder Woman and the Minions all share a common grievance: they’re all being recreated without permission by a Chinese AI company. So say the Hollywood studios that sued the Shanghai-based MiniMax for swiping its content. Filed in a California federal court on Tuesday, the suit is the latest in a slew of copyright cases against artificial intelligence companies.  Though some of these film studios are competitors, they’ve joined forc…

Hollywood is suing yet another AI company. But there may be a better way to solve copyright conflicts

mo jiaming/UnsplashThis week Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros Discovery jointly sued MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, over alleged copyright infringement. The three Hollywood media giants allege MiniMax (which operates Hailuo AI and is reportedly valued at US$4 billion) engaged in mass copyright infringement of characters such as Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse by scraping vast amounts of copyrighted data to train …

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Hollywood studios cry copyright foul, sue Chinese AI firm

MiniMax's Hailuo AI allows users to generate images, videos featuring famous copyrighted characters from Disney, Universal, and other studios, says lawsuit - Anadolu Ajansı

Disney and Universal Launch Copyright Lawsuit Against Popular Chinese AI Video Generator

Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros Discovery have jointly filed a lawsuit against popular Chinese video generator Hailuo AI, over what they claim is “wilful and brazen” copyright infringement.

Hollywood studio giants sue Chinese AI firm over copyright infringement

Top Hollywood studios filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Chinese artificial intelligence company MiniMax, alleging massive copyright infringement. Hollywood sign. Photo: Paul Deetman, via Pexels. Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Universal Pictures accuse MiniMax of building what they call a “bootlegging business model” that systematically copies their most valuable copyrighted characters to train its AI system, then profits by generating …