Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage

Midjourney is pressing for Hollywood studios to disclose more details about how they use generative AI in the context of ongoing litigation. The AI startup is involved in legal disputes with Disney and Universal, which sued it last year for alleged copyright infringement after its image-generation models could produce characters owned by the studios. Warner Bros. later filed a separate suit. Midjourney argues that training on images of copyrighted characters is permitted under fair use. The dispute now centers on discovery documentation: a judge previously required the studios to provide information only when it involved “consumer-facing” videos and images. In a new filing, Midjourney seeks to remove that limitation, saying it would allow studios to selectively produce documents supporting their claims while withholding material relevant to defenses. Midjourney also asks the studios to reveal all prompts used and the resulting outputs, not just prompts connected to the allegedly infringing images, while the studios’ lead attorney previously called the request a “fishing expedition.”