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Hollywood is suing yet another AI company. But there may be a better way to solve copyright conflicts

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Abstract

This week Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros Discovery jointly sued MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, over alleged copyright infringement.

The three Hollywood media giants allege MiniMax (which operates Hailuo AI and is reportedly valued at US$4 billion) engaged in mass copyright infringement of characters such as Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse by scraping vast amounts of copyrighted data to train their models without permission or payment.

This lawsuit is the latest in a growing list of copyright infringement cases involving AI. These cases include authors, publishers, newspapers, music labels and independent musicians around the world.

Original languageEnglish
Pages1-4
Specialist publicationThe Conversation
PublisherThe Conversation Media Group Ltd
Publication statusPublished - 19 Sept 2025

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