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Disney and Universal Studios deepfake (Jun 2025)
Disney and Universal Studios are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI image generator used their copyrighted material to train its AI and generate unauthorized reproductions of characters…
- Incident date
- Jun 2025
- Target
- Disney and Universal Studios
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Disney and Universal Studios are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI image generator used their copyrighted material to train its AI and generate unauthorized reproductions of characters like Darth Vader, Elsa, Minions, Shrek and Homer Simpson. The studios claim Midjourney profited from their work and seek damages and an injunction to stop the distribution of infringing images.