Midjourney pushes to expose studios' own AI practices in copyright fight

Midjourney is seeking to reverse the focus in its copyright fight by demanding that Hollywood studios disclose their own AI usage, according to a Variety report. The company asked a federal judge to compel Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery to turn over information about internal AI practices, including AI business plans, training datasets, model weights and board presentations. The dispute traces back to June 2025, when Disney and Comcast’s Universal sued Midjourney over alleged large-scale infringement of copyrighted characters. Warner Bros. Discovery joined in September 2025, seeking $150,000 per work. Midjourney says the studios’ conduct supports its fair-use and “unclean hands” arguments. A magistrate judge limited discovery in mid-June 2026 to consumer-facing tools, and Midjourney has asked Judge John Kronstadt to overturn that ruling, with studio counsel calling it a “fishing expedition.”