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Disney and Universal Pictures deepfake (Jun 2025)
Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that Midjourney's AI image generator produced replicas of their copyright-protected characters (Shrek, Minions, Lion King, Aladdin,…
- Incident date
- Jun 2025
- Target
- Disney and Universal Pictures
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that Midjourney's AI image generator produced replicas of their copyright-protected characters (Shrek, Minions, Lion King, Aladdin, Frozen, Marvel, Star Wars, The Simpsons, Toy Story, Cars, How to Train Your Dragon) by using unauthorized intellectual property to train its AI large language model.