Individual Action
Warner Bros. v. Midjourney
DiscoveryNot a class action
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., et al. v. Midjourney, Inc.
Where it stands
Filed in September 2025 before Judge Kronstadt and litigated alongside the Disney/Universal action; as of mid-2026 the coordinated Midjourney cases are in active discovery over training sources and Midjourney's affirmative defenses.
What is not confirmed
Trackers describe the Warner Bros. and Disney/Universal actions as proceeding together before the same judge; whether they are formally consolidated under a single case number was not verified.The record
- Court
- C.D. Cal.
- Case number
- 2:25-cv-08376
- Filed
- 2025-09-04
- Defendants
- Midjourney, Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- Warner Bros. Discovery entertainment entities (DC Comics, Cartoon Network, HBO franchises) — corporate plaintiffs, not a class
- Technology at issue
- Midjourney image and video generation service
- Relief sought
- Statutory damages for willful infringement and injunctive relief against outputs depicting WBD characters
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Warner Bros. Discovery Sues AI Giant Midjourney for Copyright Infringement In Major Legal BattleThe Hollywood Reporter · 2025-09-04
- Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney In Latest Copyright Lawsuit Over Use Of Studio Content In AIDeadline · 2025-09-04
- Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025)Chat GPT Is Eating the World · 2025-10-26
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