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AI侵權大戰開打：迪士尼聯合環球提告Midjourney、Getty控告Stability AI侵權
好萊塢巨擘迪士尼與環球影業聯手控告AI圖像生成平台Midjourney侵權，稱其濫用版權圖像生成著名角色圖像。 此外，知名圖庫蓋帝（Getty）圖像控告Stability AI侵權訴訟本週於倫敦開庭，美國聯邦法官亦批准《紐約時報》和其他新聞媒體可以繼續對OpenAI和微軟提起版權訴訟。 以上幾起媒體公司和科技公司的訴訟，可能影響未來影視媒體產業與AI生成平台的合作關係，甚至影響相關法律立法。 好萊塢影視巨頭與人工智慧生成平台的版權大戰正式開打，迪士尼（Disney）和康卡斯特（Comcast）旗下的環球影業（Universal）於美國時間週三（11日）聯合對知名人工智慧生成圖像平台Midjourney提起版權侵權訴訟。 這是好萊塢大型製片公司，首次對生成式AI技術製造商採取法律行動，訴訟文件中直指Midjourney是「抄襲的無底洞」。 與此同時，蓋帝圖像（Getty Images）與Stability AI的版權訴訟案也於6月9日在倫敦高等法院開庭審理，成為生成式AI產業的首場重大版權審判。 NBC環球集團執行副總裁兼總法律顧問Kim Harris表示，公司提起訴訟是為了「保護所有藝術家的辛勤勞動成果，他們的作品為我們帶來了娛樂和啟發，也保護了我們在內容上投入的大量資金」。 影視製作公司首次對AI生成圖像平台提告 《美聯社》報導，迪士尼和環球影業6月11日在洛杉磯聯邦法院提起的聯合版權訴訟中，指控總部位於加州舊金山的AI生成圖像平台Midjourney，盜取兩家好萊塢製片廠的圖庫，生成並分發其著名角色的「無數未經授權的副本」。 其中包括《星際大戰》系列的「黑武士」達斯維達（Darth Vader）、《冰雪奇緣》的艾莎（Elsa），以及《神偷奶爸》的小小兵等角色。 訴狀中寫道： Midjourney是典型的版權搭便車者和抄襲的無底洞。盜版就是盜版，無論侵權圖像或影片是用AI還是其他技術製作的，都不會因此減少其侵權性質。 迪士尼執行副總裁兼首席法務官古鐵雷斯（Horacio Gutierrez）在聲明中表示：「我們對AI技術的前景持樂觀態度，並對其如何作為促進人類創造力的工具負責任地使用充滿信心，但盜版就是盜版，儘管這是一間人工智慧公司所做的，並不代表著它就不是侵權。」 Midjourney是一家成立於2021年的AI圖像生成公司，由大衛‧霍爾茲（David Holz）創立，總部位於舊金山。 《路透社》指出，霍爾茲在2022年接受《富比士》採訪時表示，他只是透過「大規模網路搜刮」（a big scrape of the Internet）建立了公司的資料庫。 他在訪問中也提到，「目前還沒有辦法取得一億張圖片並知道它們的來源。如果圖片中嵌入了關於版權所有者之類的元資料就好了。但這根本不可能實現……目前還沒有註冊系統。」 Midjourney允許數百萬註冊用戶透過文字提示生成圖像，其服務在2022年7月發布後引發了AI藝術品即時創作的熱潮，並透過付費訂閱服務營利，在去年產生3億美元的營收。 蓋帝圖像和Stability AI，首例AI版權侵佔訴訟 另一方面，知名圖像供應媒體蓋帝圖像圖像與Stability AI的版權訴訟案於週一（9日）在倫敦高等法院開庭審理，這是生成式A面臨的首場重大版權審判。 綜合《路透社》和《衛報》報導，總部位於西雅圖的蓋帝圖像指控Stability AI使用其圖像來「訓練」其Stable Diffusion系統，該系統可以從文字輸入生成圖像。 蓋帝圖像指控Stable Diffusion的開發涉及對其圖庫的「大規模厚顏無恥的侵權」，表示Stability AI未經允許，非法抓取蓋帝圖片庫來訓練Stable Diffusion系統，並指出其生成圖像中，甚至出現蓋帝（Getty）的浮水印，嚴重侵犯智慧財產權。 蓋帝圖像對Stability AI的訴訟案也被視為生成式AI產業的首場重大版權審判。《美聯社》報導，審判可能持續三週，法官將在審判後作出書面判決。 蓋帝圖像執行長彼得斯（Craig Peters）2023年曾向美聯社表示，「Stability所做的是不當的。」他指出，智慧財產權的創作者在其作品被導入AI系統之前應該被徵求許可，而不是必須參與「選擇退出制度（opt-out regime）」。 蓋帝圖像的法務團隊在法庭上表示，這個案件不是創意產業和科技產業之間的對戰，兩者仍可以「協同合作」，因為授權創意作品對AI的成功至關重要。 蓋帝圖像的審判律師蓮恩（Lindsay Lane）表示，「問題在於，Stability AI等人工智慧公司想要不付費的使用這些作品。」 Stability AI是一家總部位於倫敦的AI公司，擁有廣泛使用的AI圖像製作工具Stable Diffusion，公司董事包括創作電影《阿凡達》和《泰坦尼克號》的著名電影導演詹姆斯·卡麥隆（James Cameron）。該公司已籌集數億美元的資金，並在2025年3月宣佈獲得全球最大廣告公司WPP的投資。 過往AI剽竊版權爭議 《美聯社》指出，AI公司長期以來一直辯稱，美國和英國的「合理使用」（fair use）或「公平交易」（fair dealing）法律原則允許它們利用大量文字或圖像訓練其AI系統，然而，這一論點面臨越來越多的挑戰。 2024年加州聯邦法官裁定，10名藝術家對Midjourney、Stability AI和其他公司提起的版權侵權訴訟中，這些AI公司複製和儲存他們的作品在公司伺服器上，並可能因未經許可使用而承擔責任的論點是合理的。 美國《時代》雜誌則在在Midjourney面臨的集體訴訟中，包括藝術家麥克南（Kelly McKernan）在內的原告發現，用戶將該藝術家的姓名作為關鍵字輸入Midjourney，產生了極其相似的藝術作品。 麥克南在2023年告訴《時代》雜誌：「這些公司正在從我們的無償勞動中瘋狂獲利。」 有望引領AI生成平台和媒體公司簽署授權協議 儘管存在法律爭議，一些媒體公司和AI公司已經開始探索合作模式。許多大型科技公司越來越希望達成授權協議，為其AI系統所需的內容付費。 《時代》雜誌分析，如果迪士尼和環球影業所聯合提起的訴訟案獲勝，許多AI公司可能必須使用授權內容從頭重新訓練其視覺模型。AI影片新創公司Moonvalley執行長塔魯克達（Naeem Talukdar）表示，如果判決結果明確，好萊塢實際上可能會加速使用基於授權內容所建構的AI模型趨勢。 AI公司也正在透過政府政策尋求另一條道路，以保持其按照自己意願訓練模型的能力。今年1月，OpenAI向白宮發送備忘錄，表示應該「保留」（preserved）其使用版權材料上進行訓練的權限。 在英國，政府宣佈計劃讓AI公司能夠使用任何版權作品，除非權利持有者「明確選擇退出」，這引發了包括披頭四成員保羅‧麥卡尼（Paul McCartney）和流行歌手杜娃黎波（Dua Lipa）等明星的強烈反對。英國上議院亦於6月2日第四次否決了該項立法。 此外，美國也有類似的版權爭議正在進行中。《美聯社》報導，聯邦法官批准《紐約時報》和其他新聞媒體可以繼續對OpenAI和微軟（Microsoft）提起版權訴訟，要求終止使用他們的新聞報導來訓練人工智慧聊天機器人的做法。 《紐約時報》指控OpenAI及其商業夥伴微軟透過有效竊取其記者價值數十億美元的作品，威脅了其生計，在某些情況下甚至向生成式AI用戶逐字輸出《紐約時報》的材料。 新聞來源 延伸閱讀 【加入關鍵評論網會員】每天精彩好文直送你的信箱，每週獨享編輯精選、時事精選、藝文週報等特製電子報。還可留言與作者、記者、編輯討論文章內容。立刻點擊免費加入會員！ 核稿編輯：翁世航
India Today
a day ago
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- India Today
Disney and others sue Midjourney, say it directly and indirectly copied their IP and movies
Walt Disney and NBCUniversal have jointly filed a copyright lawsuit against San Francisco-based AI company Midjourney, accusing it of illegally copying and generating images of some of their most iconic characters, according to a report by Reuters. Filed on Wednesday in a federal court in Los Angeles, the lawsuit targets Midjourney's AI-powered image generator, which creates visuals based on user prompts. The studios allege the tool has been generating and distributing countless unauthorised images of characters from major franchises like Star Wars, Frozen, Despicable Me, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and others – without their complaint was brought by seven corporate entities from both Disney and Universal, who control the rights to various film units and characters.A 'bottomless pit of plagiarism'The studios didn't hold back in their criticism of Midjourney, calling the AI tool a 'bottomless pit of plagiarism' in the lawsuit. They accuse the company of profiting from their copyrighted material without contributing to its creation or requesting any form of licence. Disney's executive vice president and chief legal officer, Horacio Gutierrez, said in a statement:'We are bullish on the promise of AI technology and optimistic about how it can be used responsibly... but piracy is piracy, and the fact that it's done by an AI company does not make it any less infringing.' NBCUniversal's general counsel Kim Harris echoed that view, saying the company is taking legal action 'to protect the hard work of all the artists whose work entertains and inspires us and the significant investment we make in our content.'advertisementThe Motion Picture Association (MPA) also issued a statement supporting the lawsuit, with its chairman Charles Rivkin noting:'Strong copyright protection is the backbone of our industry... A balanced approach to AI that both protects intellectual property and embraces responsible, human-centred innovation is critical for maintaining America's global leadership in creative industries.' Copyrighted characters allegedly used without consentAmong the AI-generated images cited in the complaint are Darth Vader, Yoda, Elsa, Iron Man, Buzz Lightyear, Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Po from Kung Fu Panda, and even Bart Simpson. According to the lawsuit, these images are either identical or very close to the originals, clearly derived from copyrighted founded in 2021 by David Holz, reportedly earns revenue through paid subscriptions and generated about $300 million in 2024. Despite being asked by the studios to stop using their works, the company allegedly 'rebuffed' their request and continued to update its platform to produce even more high-quality versions of these studios are now asking the court for a preliminary injunction to stop Midjourney from offering its services without appropriate safeguards, and are also seeking unspecified on copyrighted contentOne of the most serious allegations in the suit is that Midjourney used copyrighted images to train its AI model. The studios argue that this 'training' involved copying vast quantities of their material without a 2022 interview with Forbes, Midjourney CEO Holz admitted to performing 'a big scrape of the Internet' to build the company's database. When asked whether he had permission from artists or creators, Holz replied: 'There isn't really a way to get a hundred million images and know where they're coming from.'This isn't Midjourney's first brush with copyright complaints. Last year, a group of artists filed a separate suit against the company and others, claiming their artwork had been used without permission. A judge ruled that the case could proceed after finding the claims were plausible.
India Today
2 days ago
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- India Today
Disney and NBCUniversal sue AI firm Midjourney over copyright infringement
The Walt Disney Company and NBCUniversal have jointly filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Midjourney, accusing it of large-scale copyright infringement. Filed in a federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, the suit claims that Midjourney's image generation tool enables users to create high-quality, unauthorized images of copyrighted characters like Darth Vader and the marks the first significant legal action from major studios against an AI firm for alleged misuse of intellectual ALLEGES 'TEXTBOOK COPYRIGHT VIOLATION' The complaint likens Midjourney's platform to a 'virtual vending machine' that allows users to access copyrighted characters with simple prompts. According to the studios, the platform bypasses creative investment and profits from their iconic content without permission.'Piracy is piracy,' the filing states. 'Whether it's done through traditional means or via artificial intelligence, the result remains the same—unauthorized reproduction of protected works.'Disney and NBCUniversal are demanding statutory damages, a full accounting of Midjourney's earnings from the allegedly infringing content, and a permanent injunction to halt future violations. They also highlighted that the AI company is preparing to roll out a video generation service, which they argue could further exacerbate the CONCERS OVER AI TRANING PracticesThe lawsuit also raises broader concerns about how AI companies train their models using copyrighted content, a practice that has sparked ongoing debate in the creative and tech some, including the Motion Picture Association (MPA), argue that existing copyright laws are adequate, studios maintain that Midjourney's practices are overtly reported by Deadline, Disney and NBCU legal chiefs stressed that AI's potential must be balanced with respect for creative ownership. 'Thief or AI, infringement is infringement,' said Kim Harris of NBCUniversal. Disney's Horacio Gutierrez added that while the companies welcome AI innovation, they cannot ignore the unauthorised exploitation of decades-old Watch
Time of India
2 days ago
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- Time of India
Disney and Universal file 110-page lawsuit against AI company Midjourney, calls it: Quintessential copyright free-rider and a ...
Disney and Universal have filed a 110-page joint lawsuit against artificial intelligence startup Midjourney for copyright infringement. The media giants have labelled the AI image generator company a "quintessential copyright-free-rider" and a "bottomless pit of plagiarism." The legal action, filed this week, brings the first Hollywood companies into the escalating legal battle surrounding generative AI. The movie companies challenged that Midjourney, an AI image generator with millions of registered users, "helped itself to countless" copyrighted works. These works were allegedly used to train its software, which enables users to create images (and soon videos) that "blatantly incorporate and copy Disney's and Universal's famous characters." The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in Los Angeles. This move marks a significant step for major Hollywood entities in addressing the use of their intellectual property by AI companies. What Disney and Universal said about the lawsuit against Midjourney In an email sent to the New York Times, Horacio Gutierrez, Disney's general counsel, said: 'We are bullish on the promise of AI technology and optimistic about how it can be used responsibly as a tool to further human creativity. But piracy is piracy, and the fact that it's done by an AI company does not make it any less infringing.' Meanwhile, in a separate email sent to the NYT, Kim Harris, general counsel of NBCUniversal, which includes the Universal movie studio, said: 'We are bringing this action today to protect the hard work of all the artists whose work entertains and inspires us and the significant investment we make in our content.' AI companies like Midjourney often train their tools using vast amounts of data sourced from the internet and other places, typically without paying or crediting original creators. This approach has already sparked legal action from a wide range of industries, including authors, visual artists, music labels and others. Now, Disney and Universal have become the first major Hollywood studios to pursue legal action for copyright infringement. In Hollywood, frustration has been growing among creative professionals over studios' lack of response. 'They have not protested the theft of this copyrighted material by the A.I. companies, and it's a capitulation on their part to still be on the sidelines,' said Meredith Stiehm, president of the Writers Guild of America West, in a February statement to The LA Times. The lawsuit filed by Disney and Universal appears to mark a turning point. Targeting Midjourney specifically for using copyrighted characters such as Darth Vader, the Minions, Shrek, the 'Frozen' princesses, and Homer Simpson, the complaint seems aimed at setting a broader precedent for the entire AI industry.
Engadget
2 days ago
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- Engadget
Disney and Universal Studios file suit against Midjourney for copyright infringement
Disney and NBCUniversal have filed a joint suit against AI company Midjourney alleging copyright infringement on their various properties. The complaint, filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, includes images created by Midjourney that feature a wide variety of protected characters from each company's various properties, including Star Wars, Shrek, The Simpsons, Despicable Me and others. The 110-page suit alleges that the AI company 'helped itself to countless' copyrighted works when training its models that have been creating and disseminating 'innumerable' copies of these characters via AI-generated images. 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 . The intersection of art and artificial intelligence continues to be battled out in court, though a suit brought by two of the largest names in media properties carries immense weight. 'We are bullish on the promise of A.I. technology and optimistic about how it can be used responsibly as a tool to further human creativity,' said Horacio Gutierrez , Disney's general counsel, in an email to The New York Times . 'But piracy is piracy, and the fact that it's done by an A.I. company does not make it any less infringing.' In a separate email to The New York Times , Kim Harris, general counsel for NBCUniversal, said, 'We are bringing this action today to protect the hard work of all the artists whose work entertains and inspires us and the significant investment we make in our content.' We've reached out to Midjourney for comment and will update if we hear back. Read the lawsuit below: This embedded content is not available in your region.
