What are the chances this is just a shakedown to get free access to the tech so they can use it to make animation for essentially no cost? Seems like the inevitable settlement.
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Why did a company that sues over unlicensed birthday cake decorations wait this long? What do they get from this suit against a company with no actual money, just theoretical value?
Because they filed letters back in December, and waited until Midjourney responded not by deleting all the infringement, but releasing a new model that’s even worse. Now they have page after page of clear, documented infringement and Midjourney knowingly continuing to facilitate it.
Disney has used AI in the past. Custom models for a specific purpose, trained on works Disney has 100% of the rights to. They have no reason to want access to public models.
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