In the lawsuit Midjourney is described as "the quintessential copyright free-rider and a bottomless pit of plagiarism.” Disney and NBCUniversal are the first major Hollywood players to enter the now crowded field of AI copyright infringement lawsuits; it comes against the backdrop of similar lawsuits against OpenAI, Meta and Perplexity AI.

Entertainment giant Walt Disney Co. (DIS) is suing artificial intelligence (A.I.) image creator Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement. It is the first A.I. copyright lawsuit from a major Hollywood studio.