"Disney Enterprises and 11 other plaintiffs filed a complaint last week against Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) image and video generator MiniMax in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleged direct and secondary copyright infringement by operating a commercial AI service that "pirates and plunders Plaintiffs' copyrighted works on a massive scale. MiniMax markets Hailuo AI as a 'Hollywood studio in your pocket.'""
"The plaintiffs include Disney subsidiaries Marvel Characters, Lucasfilm, and Twentieth Century Fox, Universal City Studios Productions, DreamWorks Animation, Warner Bros. Entertainment, DC Comics, The Cartoon Network, Turner Entertainment, and Hanna-Barbera Productions. The studios described the company's marketing slogan as "an audacious self-anointed nickname," while building its business on "intellectual property stolen from Hollywood studios," according to the complaint. Hailuo service provides subscribers with an "endless supply of infringing images and videos featuring Plaintiffs' famous copyrighted characters," said the complaint."
Disney Enterprises and 11 other plaintiffs sued MiniMax in the U.S. District Court, alleging direct and secondary copyright infringement by the company's Hailuo AI image and video generator. Plaintiffs include Disney subsidiaries, Universal, DreamWorks, Warner Bros., DC Comics, Cartoon Network, Turner and Hanna-Barbera. The studios allege MiniMax markets Hailuo as a 'Hollywood studio in your pocket' while distributing infringing images and videos of famous copyrighted characters. The complaint alleges MiniMax disregards U.S. copyright law, failed to adopt reasonable anti-infringement measures used by other AI services, and has actively encouraged and engaged in willful, brazen infringement. A 119-page complaint includes specific examples of alleged infringement.
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