Warner Bros. Discovery sues Midjourney for generating copies of its characters
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I can only see mostly negatives
- Winning means taking away the ability for fans to spread viral / subliminal advertising for WB via the art they create.
- Anybody who uses Midjourney commercially to create DC characters etc will be sued, BAU, this might be worth more...
- Midjourney might actually be useful for creatives at WB (mockups etc), so shutting it down not in that interest.
- Negative publicity from people who use Midjourney.
The positives
- WB gets a boatload of short term money from Midjourney if they win.
- They exercise enforcement of copyright preventing their characters becoming a public good (yeah this one's flaky, but as I said, I couldn't think of positives).
Would it? Creating art as an individual of copyrighted stuff is already legal. No one can stop me from drawing Superman.
I’m not trying to profit off it, like Midjourney is. Fans can still make their own art.