Overview
- Warner Bros. Discovery filed a copyright lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court, becoming the third major studio after Disney and Universal to target Midjourney.
- The complaint alleges Midjourney trained on studio works and generates near‑identical depictions of protected characters such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Bugs Bunny and Scooby‑Doo.
- The studio seeks disgorgement of profits or statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work, as well as injunctive relief.
- Warner Bros. says Midjourney previously blocked videos from many infringing images but lifted that protection last month, touting the change as an improvement.
- The filing presents side‑by‑side comparisons as evidence and notes Midjourney’s scale, while Midjourney has argued in the Disney/Universal case that training on copyrighted works is transformative fair use.