Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney on Wednesday, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have enter the legal battle over generative AI. Filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, the complaint claims Midjourney pirated the libraries of the two Hollywood studios to generate and distribute … Read more
At least they can face it together. Alison Brie and Dave Franco have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over their upcoming film “Together,” The Post can confirm. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday, May 13, by production company StudioFest, which claimed that they pitched the script to Franco and Brie’s agents at WME … Read more
Pop singer Mariah Carey defeated a lawsuit claiming she illegally copied elements of her holiday megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” from a country song of the same name. U.S. District Judge Monica Almadani in Los Angeles in a ruling on Wednesday said the writers of Vince Vance and the Valiants’ “All I Want for … Read more
Let her have her flowers. Miley Cyrus is refuting allegations her song “Flowers” plagiarizes elements of Bruno Mars’ hit “When I Was Your Man.” According to court documents obtained by The Post, lawyers for the “Hannah Montana” star, 32, filed a motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against her and her “Flowers” co-writers … Read more
Ed Sheeran, his record label Warner Music and music publisher Sony Music Publishing persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Friday to uphold a decision that his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud” did not illegally copy Marvin Gaye’s 1973 classic “Let’s Get It On.” The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan agreed with a … Read more
Major record labels Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Records sued artificial intelligence companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the labels’ recordings to train music-generating AI systems. The companies copied music without permission to teach their systems to create music that will “directly compete with, cheapen, and ultimately drown … Read more
Vera Drew never received a cease-and-desist letter. She would like to be very clear on that point. Drew headed to the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022, newly acquired passport in hand, just a half-hour after finishing the final (or so she thought) cut of “The People’s Joker.” The chaotic, crowdsourced movie reframed Batman’s best-known … Read more
Warner Bros Entertainment didn’t steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster “The Batman” from a writer who created a story about the Caped Crusader three decades earlier, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday. US District Judge Paul Engelmayer also said the writer Christopher Wozniak infringed copyrights belonging to DC Comics, which employed him as … Read more
“Abbott Elementary” and its creator and star, Quinta Brunson, are out of legal detention. A judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit against Brunson, 34, and ABC on Tuesday filed by writer Christine Davis in 2021, claiming the hit sitcom was a “veritable knock-off” of her show “This School Year.” According to the court decision obtained … Read more
“Nobody ever wins a fight.” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its parent company, Amazon Studios, has been hit with a lawsuit over its 2024 remake of the 1989 action flick “Road House.” The off-screen drama began Tuesday when the original film’s screenwriter, R. Lance Hill, filed a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement for refusing to license his 1986 … Read more
Mickey Mouse isn’t just for kids anymore. A trailer has dropped for a horror comedy film in which Mickey Mouse is the psycho killer – on the first day that the 1928 Disney short film “Steamboat Willie” has entered the public domain. “Steamboat Willie” was directed by Walt Disney, and it’s an 8-minute short that … Read more
Oh, toodles! The 1928 version of Mickey Mouse will now enter the public domain, despite Disney trying to save its copyright on the iconic character that started it all. Disney will lose the copyright of Steamboat Willie, the original version of Mickey that appeared in a short animation by the same name. The earliest version … Read more
Now everyone knows what she’s “Thinking.” Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” co-writer Amy Wadge got the pair’s winning copyright verdict tattooed on her arm. A Manhattan federal jury earlier this month found the longtime collaborators did not rip off Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” with their 2014 hit. Wadge, 47, last week shared a … Read more
After Ed Sheeran’s copyright-infringement trial had him threatening to be “done” with music if he’s found liable, it’s now taking a toll on the disillusioned musician’s personal life. The trial — in which Sheeran is accused of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On” — forced the four-time Grammy winner to miss his … Read more
He was singing out loud. Ed Sheeran performed a snippet of “Thinking Out Loud” in front of a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, singing and strumming a few notes on an acoustic guitar during his Marvin Gaye copyright infringement trial. While testifying on the witness stand, the “Shape of You” singer took a tan Lowden wooden acoustic … Read more
CNN — The Supreme Court will consider Wednesday whether the late Andy Warhol infringed on a photographer’s copyright when he created a series of silkscreens of the musician Prince. The case marks a rare foray for the court into the world of visual arts and has attracted the attention of those in the art world … Read more