The Escalation of Copyright Struggles in the Film Industry: Midjourney Demands Hollywood Production Studios to Prove Their Innocence

The copyright battle between Hollywood studios and generative AI has turned into a "discovery" confrontation. In the copyright lawsuit filed by Disney, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros. against Midjourney, Midjourney has taken a counteroffensive, demanding that the studios disclose specific details about their internal use of AI technology.

The core of this legal dispute lies in the scope of discovery. Previously, the court ruled that the studios needed to provide only final "consumer-facing" video and image files. However, Midjourney explicitly rejected this limitation, accusing the definition of being selective, aiming to deprive it of the right to obtain favorable defense evidence. Midjourney believes that these withheld documents could reveal whether the studios are engaging in the same activities as alleged in the complaint—using copyrighted content without authorization to train AI models.

In its latest court filing, Midjourney directly stated that if the studios are developing image generation models for internal creation, these practices themselves prove that AI has become an "industry norm" in the film production process. Through this argument, Midjourney attempts to show the court that the studios themselves are also relying on similar technological paths, thereby weakening the accusation of "infringement." Additionally, Midjourney has also requested that the studios fully disclose all prompts and generated results used, to comprehensively assess the current status of AI usage in creative concept development and storyboarding.

In response to Midjourney's move, David Singer, attorney representing the Hollywood studios, countered. He criticized it as an improper "fishing expedition," aimed at indiscriminately obtaining the studios' internal core information. Singer stated that the studios' demand is not to hinder technological advancement, but to ask Midjourney to stop using and distributing their classic film content and character copyrights without authorization.

As the case enters deeper waters, this clash over AI training data and copyright boundaries not only concerns the interests of both sides, but also becomes an important milestone in defining future AI usage standards and liability assignments in the film industry. Currently, the standoff over the scope of evidence disclosure continues.

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