Disney claims Midjourney illegally trained its AI on copyrighted Disney content
The lawsuit includes over 199 works
At $150,000 per work, damages total $29,850,000
But this goes way beyond the money.
This lawsuit could change how every AI company operates:
It challenges the idea that scraping copyrighted content for training is “fair use.”
If Disney wins, AI labs may be forced to license content or face massive lawsuits
Disney is pushing for transparency
They want to see exactly what Midjourney was trained on. If granted, this sets a legal precedent to open the black box of AI training data
An injunction is on the table
If approved, Midjourney could be frozen or forced to retrain from scratch, at enormous cost
And if Disney wins, others will follow
Record labels, game studios, publishers this could unlock a wave of lawsuits far bigger than $29 million
