Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Minimax

Various movie studios including Disney, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Studios filed a suit against MiniMax Technology Ltd., operator of Hailuo AI, alleging copyright infringement on a mass scale. The Plaintiffs claim that MiniMax's AI-powered image and video generation service creates and distributes content featuring their copyrighted characters without authorisation. According to the complaint, MiniMax markets Hailuo AI as a "Hollywood studio in your pocket" and has allegedly refused to implement safeguards to prevent infringement, despite requests from the plaintiffs.

The studios assert that MiniMax uses their characters in promotional materials and has built its business model around content generated from copyrighted works belonging to major Hollywood studios.

The Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief and damages for what they characterise as wilful copyright infringement.

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