{"slug": "midjourney-asks-court-to-expose-hollywood-studios-ai-practices", "title": "Midjourney asks court to expose Hollywood studios' AI practices", "summary": "AI image generation company Midjourney asked a U.S. court to require Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to disclose more details about their internal use of artificial intelligence in an ongoing copyright dispute. Midjourney argues that the studios' AI practices could support its fair use defense, while the studios oppose the broader discovery request.", "body_md": "# Midjourney asks court to expose Hollywood studios' AI practices\n\nAI image generation company Midjourney [is asking](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.973999/gov.uscourts.cacd.973999.112.0.pdf) a U.S. court to require three major Hollywood studios to disclose more details about their internal use of [artificial intelligence](https://qazinform.com/tag/artificial-intelligence) as part of an ongoing copyright dispute over AI-generated content, [Qazinform](https://qazinform.com/) News Agency correspondent reports.\n\nThe request comes amid lawsuits filed by Disney, Universal and Warner Bros., which accuse Midjourney of copyright infringement by allowing users to generate images featuring well-known characters owned by the studios. Midjourney maintains that training its AI models on copyrighted material is protected under the legal doctrine of fair use.\n\nThe latest dispute centers on the discovery process, during which both sides exchange evidence before trial. A judge previously ruled that the studios must provide information about their use of generative AI, but limited the requirement to AI-generated images and videos intended for consumers.\n\nIn a new court filing, Midjourney is seeking to remove that restriction, arguing that it prevents access to documents that could support its defense. The company claims the current limitation allows the studios to disclose only evidence that strengthens their claims while withholding information that could undermine them.\n\nAccording to the filing, Midjourney believes the withheld documents could show whether the studios are using AI in ways similar to those challenged in the lawsuit. The company argues that if studios are developing internal AI tools for tasks such as storyboarding or generating creative concepts for film and television projects, such evidence could demonstrate that these practices are common across the entertainment industry.\n\nMidjourney also wants the studios to disclose all prompts they entered into its AI system, along with the resulting images, rather than only those prompts that allegedly produced infringing content. The startup argues that the complete record is necessary to provide proper context and evaluate the claims. The studios, however, oppose the broader request.\n\nEarlier, [Qazinform](https://qazinform.com/) News Agency reported that Midjourney [unveiled](https://qazinform.com/news/midjourney-unveils-60-second-full-body-scanner-f9632f) a 60-second full-body scanner.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-asks-court-to-expose-hollywood-studios-ai-practices", "canonical_source": "https://qazinform.com/news/midjourney-asks-court-to-expose-hollywood-studios-ai-practices-5c98d5", "published_at": "2026-07-07 19:03:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 19:09:49.517967+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Midjourney", "Disney", "Universal", "Warner Bros.", "Qazinform"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-asks-court-to-expose-hollywood-studios-ai-practices", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-asks-court-to-expose-hollywood-studios-ai-practices.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-asks-court-to-expose-hollywood-studios-ai-practices.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-asks-court-to-expose-hollywood-studios-ai-practices.jsonld"}}