Hollywood v. AI: the Inevitable Battle Between Studios & Generative AI Has Begun

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to Disney and Universal, two of the biggest players in Hollywood, going after the generative AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement and consider why they may be taking action now as well as how this move could influence the extent to which generative AI will be held to existing legal standards for copyright and beyond.

https://time.com/7293362/disney-universal-midjourney-lawsuit-ai/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/business/media/disney-universal-midjourney-ai.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5vjqdm1ypo

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/openai-urges-trump-either-settle-ai-copyright-debate-or-lose-ai-race-to-china/

https://www.techdogs.com/tech-news/td-newsdesk/reddit-lawsuit-comes-amid-anthropics-new-ai-models-for-us-national-security-customers