Disney/Universal AI Suit Is 'One to Watch': Copyright Alliance
Of the more than 50 AI copyright infringement lawsuits filed in recent years, close to 30 remain active due to consolidations and settlements, the Copyright Alliance's Kevin Madigan wrote last week. Authors of literary works suing large language model developers…
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represent a sizable portion of those, while YouTube copyright owners, visual artists and news publishers also have brought cases, said Madigan, the group's senior vice president of policy and government affairs. He said most cases involve literary works, but there have been cases brought involving musical compositions, sound recordings, videos, photos and computer code as well. The Disney and Universal litigation against AI platform Midjourney (see 2506110043) is one of only a few cases involving claims against an image generator for infringing output, he noted, "and it will be one to watch given the very strong evidence presented and the fair use defense Midjourney has raised."