US EditionHollywood Giants Sue Chinese AI Firm over Copyright Infringement
MiniMax allegedly ignored cease-and-desist requests and profits from unauthorized use of iconic characters, threatening the American motion picture industry valued at over $260 billion, studios say.
- Walt Disney, Comcast’s Universal, and Warner Bros Discovery filed a copyright lawsuit against MiniMax, claiming its Hailuo AI service used characters from the studios' intellectual property without permission.
- The lawsuit states MiniMax marketed Hailuo AI as a 'Hollywood studio in your pocket' and ignored requests to prevent copyright infringement.
- The studios seek a court order to halt the alleged infringement and stop MiniMax from operating the Hailuo AI service without copyright protections.
- MiniMax is targeting a valuation of over $4 billion and serves over 157 million users globally, according to its website.
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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 …
Disney, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures Sue Chinese AI Company in Escalation of Copyright Battle
In recent months, studios have started to sue AI companies that allow users to generate images and videos of copyrighted characters. They characterize the alleged theft of their content as an existential threat to Hollywood.
The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery today filed a joint lawsuit against Chinese artificial intelligence firm MiniMax, accusing it of massive copyright infringement of their film studios' content.
Denoting a true "economic model of smuggling" based on the IA, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Universal Pictures intend to defend their iconic characters.
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