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Walt Disney, Universal deepfake (Jun 2025)
Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, claiming the AI image generator created unauthorized copies of their characters like Darth Vader and Elsa. The lawsuit alleges that Midjourney…
- Incident date
- Jun 2025
- Target
- Walt Disney, Universal
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, claiming the AI image generator created unauthorized copies of their characters like Darth Vader and Elsa. The lawsuit alleges that Midjourney used the studios' copyrighted works to train its AI image service and generate reproductions without permission.