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“Piracy is Piracy” – Disney and Universal team up to sue Midjourney (htxt.co.za)
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  • Disney and NBCUniversal have teamed up to sue Midjourney.
  • The companies allege that the platform used its copyright protected material to train its model and that users can generate content that infringes on Disney and Universal’s copyrighted material.
  • The scathing lawsuit requests that Midjourney be made to pay up for the damage it has caused the two companies.
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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 93 points 1 month ago (19 children)

A copy is not theft.

Intellectual property is thought monopoly. See Disco Elysium for a particularly sad case of it.

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Do you mean play disco Elysium or is there some drama associated with it?

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 29 points 1 month ago (7 children)

You should totally play the game, but make sure that you pirate it so your money doesn't go to the thief who stole the rights from the creators.

[–] tankfox@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not actually a very fun game to play, reading the lore or watching a video of someone else play is sufficient.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Disagree, I think being in the pilot seat is important. The immersion of control amplifies the experience.

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