Disney and NBCU filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Midjourney, a generative AI start-up, alleging copyright infringement.

Walt Disney (DIS.N) and Comcast’s (CMCSA.O) Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney this week, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a “bottomless pit of plagiarism ...

Midjourney On June 11, 2025, Disney and several affiliated production companies filed a federal lawsuit against Midjourney, Inc., a leading artificial intelligence (AI) image-generation platform.

Disney, Universal and several of their entertainment companies filed a lawsuit against popular AI creative service Midjourney on Wednesday, alleging that the company committed copyright infringement.

A series of lawsuits working their way through the courts are foundational battles that will help shape the legal and ethical guardrails for AI training and use.