In a major move against AI-powered content generation, Hollywood studios, including Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and NBCUniversal, have filed a lawsuit against MiniMax, a Chinese AI company, according to Variety. The lawsuit alleges "willful and brazen" copyright infringement, accusing MiniMax of using its iconic characters to train its AI model, Hailuo.We've seen studios being very aggressive lately. They're out to protect their copyrights from being stolen and to make sure their iconic characters stay in their vaults. Let's dig into this lawsuit. Don't Try to Steal From Hollywood StudiosThe lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. It claims that MiniMax's Hailuo service is built on the theft of intellectual property.You can view the entire lawsuit here. “MiniMax operates Hailuo AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence image and video generating service that pirates and plunders Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works on a massive scale,” says the lawsuit. “MiniMax markets Hailuo AI as a ‘Hollywood studio in your pocket’ — an audacious self-anointed nickname given that MiniMax built its business from intellectual property stolen from Hollywood studios like Plaintiffs.”The studios allege that Hailuo allows users to generate images and videos featuring famous characters like Darth Vader, Spider-Man, and Wonder Woman with simple text prompts. This, they argue, is a clear violation of their copyrights.Now, we've seen AI arguments that blame the user for generating that stuff, but those likely won't hold up. The argument is clear: your computer systems should not be able to generate content that replicates...
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