The lawsuit seeks for unproven damage and hatred of profits, and a stop for further violations [File]
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Warner Brosa Discovery on Thursday sued the AI photo generation company Midzorney, stolen the studio functions to generate images of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Bugs Bani, Scoi-Door and other copyright characters.
In a complaint filed in the Los Angeles Federal Court, Warner Bros. said that the theft enabled the midzorney to train his image and video service, which to the customers “to offer the high quality, downloadable images of their characters in every imaginative scene. Warner Brothers also said that the Midjorni also said that the Midjoroni was wrong because the customer was wrongly violated. Had prevented videos from making videos from images, avoiding changes in the form of “improvement” to raise that security measures only last month.
The complaint stated, “Midzorney has taken a calculation and profit-driven decision to offer zero protection to copyright owners, although Midjorni knows about the breathtaking scope of its theft and copyright violations.”
The lawsuit wants a stop for unproven damage and profits, and further violations.
It has been filed in June from the universal of Walt Disney and Comcast against Darth Wadar, Bart Simpson, Shrek and Ariel from “The Little Marmede” against the Walt Disney and Comcast.
According to a complaint by Warner Bros., launched in 2022 and founder David Holz, Midzorney in San Francisco had about 21 million users by September 2024 and had an estimated $ 300 million revenue in 2024.
Midzorney and his lawyers did not immediately respond to the remarks requests.
In filing on 6 August in Disney and Universal case, Midzorney stated that copyright law “does not provide complete control” on the use of copyright functions.
It has also been stated that using the tasks that are for proper use to train the AI model helps ensure free flow of ideas and information.
Many writers, news media, record labels and other copyright owners have accused AI companies, large and parts in the cases of using their materials without permission.
A spokesman for Warner Brothers Discovery said, “The heart of what we do develops stories and characters to entertain our audience, bring the vision and passion of our creative partners to life.” “We recorded this suit to protect our content, our partners and our investments.”
The operation of Warner Brothers Discovery includes Warner Brothers Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, DC Comics, Hannah Barbera and Cartoon Network.
The case is the case Warner Brose Entertainment Inc.
Published – September 05, 2025 09:05 AM IST