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Disney, NBCUniversal, and their copyrighted characters (Darth Vader, Shrek, Yoda, Wall-E,…
Disney and NBCUniversal have filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for copyright infringement. Midjourney allows users to generate images of copyrighted characters, which the studios claim is a violation of their…
- Incident date
- Jun 2025
- Target
- Disney, NBCUniversal, and their copyrighted characters (Darth Vader, Shrek, Yoda, Wall-E, Stormtroopers, Minions, characters from How to Train Your Dragon)
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Disney and NBCUniversal have filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for copyright infringement. Midjourney allows users to generate images of copyrighted characters, which the studios claim is a violation of their copyright. Midjourney trained its AI model using copyrighted content downloaded from the Internet.