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Disney, Universal File First Major Studio Lawsuit Against AI Company, Sue Midjourney for Copyright Infringement: ‘This Is Theft’

Disney and NBCU filed suit against Midjourney, a generative AI start-up, alleging copyright infringement.

May the Middies be chewed to death by the Mouse.

ETA: a little more detail--

Plaintiffs to the lawsuit include Disney Enterprises, Inc., Marvel Characters, Inc., MVL Film Finance LLC, Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (collectively “Disney”), as well as Universal City Studios Productions LLP and DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. (collectively “Universal”). The lawsuit was filed at the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California on June 11. Specifically, Plaintiffs seek relief over Midjourney’s alleged direct copyright infringement, and demand that Midjourney be barred from further alleged infringement and pay either actual damages (an amount of damage that can be proven Midjourney is responsible for) or statutory damages limited to $150,000 per infringed work. Furthermore, for secondary copyright infringement, they also demand actual damages or statutory damages, again, up to $150,000 per infringed work.

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NEW • Domhnall Gleeson photographed for NBCUniversal’s Emmy Season celebration with Entertainment Weekly

📸 Sami Drasin (22.04.2026)

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Cassandra Peterson (Elvira) and Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) on stage on Halloween, October 31, 1985, on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

📷 Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

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Okay, so apparently DreamWorks is not compliant to Netflix's recent decision to 'throw away' their 'originals', like She-Ra and Kipo...

After a quick research, trying to understand the contractual roles... Dreamworks Animation is owned by NBCUniversal, and apparently these originals are moving to Peacock aka Universal's streaming services. (In case these aren't there for some reason, please let me know.) It's still very frustating to see corporate greed as well as this whole shady bureaucracy pulling these over great animation projects... we can only pray that SOME place keep them safe.

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Tony Goldwyn at the NBCUniversal Backlot Summer Experience (2025).

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What a cast! 🤩

NEW • Stunning photo of Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Pearlina Igbokwe and Oscar Nuñez backstage at the 2025 NBCUniversal Upfront event!

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Judge dismisses Truth Social CEO’s defamation suit against Rachel Maddow

Devin Nunes sued the award-winning MSNBC host in 2021, when he was still a member of Congress.

Christopher Wiggins at The Advocate:

A federal judge has dismissed former Republican California U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes’s defamation lawsuit against MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and NBCUniversal, ruling the network did not act with “actual malice” in reporting that Nunes refused to turn over a package from a sanctioned Russian agent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In a 24-page opinion issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel granted summary judgment to NBCUniversal, writing that “no reasonable jury could find that NBCU made the statement with constitutionally-defined actual malice.” Nunes, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump and chief executive officer of his social media company, filed the lawsuit in 2021 after an episode of The Rachel Maddow Show aired a segment about a package addressed to Nunes from Ukrainian legislator Andrii Derkach. Derkach was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2020 for acting as a Russian agent and attempting to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

Maddow told viewers that Nunes “has refused to hand [the package] over to the FBI, which is what you should do if you get something from somebody who is sanctioned by the U.S. as a Russian agent,” relying on a news story by Politico. According to court documents, Nunes and members of his staff testified that the package was turned over to the FBI on the same day it was received. Nunes also sent a letter to then-Attorney General William Barr advising him of the package’s arrival. [...] Castel rejected Nunes’s arguments that Maddow and MSNBC distorted the Politico reporting and ignored other news stories that stated the package had been appropriately handled. According to the ruling, Maddow and Gnazzo said they were not aware of a follow-up article quoting a fellow Republican lawmaker saying the package had been turned over to the FBI. Nunes also argued that Maddow’s long history of criticizing him, identifying 36 episodes in which she discussed him by name, proved personal bias. But Castel wrote that “bare assertions of bias are insufficient” and found no evidence that the statement at issue was published with a “high degree of awareness of ... probable falsity.” “In context, Maddow’s reference to Nunes as an ‘easier hit’ refers to Maloney’s information that there was a package receipt for the delivery to Nunes from Derkach, which provided ready support for part of the claim,” Castel wrote, referencing Rep. Sean Maloney’s comments during a prior MSNBC interview.

Judge Kevin Castel dismisses Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes’s frivolous lawsuit against MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and NBCUniversal. MSNBC is currently owned by NBCU, but is set to be part of the Versant spinoff.

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WGA/SAG File Federal Complaint Over Construction Outside NBCUniversal; City Controller Investigating Trimmed Ficus Trees

Treegate just became a thing. City Controller Kenneth Mejia has vowed to look into the newly pruned Ficus trees outside of Universal’s Gate

In the criminal justice system, tree-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Los Angeles, the dedicated City Controller who investigates these vicious felonies is a member of an elite squad known as the Tree Law Unit. These are their stories.

“'Trees are essential to providing Angelenos with significant environmental and public health benefits, especially during a heatwave,' Mejia said in a tweet. 'Public Works’ Bureau of Street Services (StreetsLA) is responsible for maintaining the City’s 700,000+ trees in the public right-of-way.'”

He went on to say in a thread that 'code enforcement for street trees (including the pruning or removal of trees without a permit) is the responsibility of the StreetsLA Investigation and Enforcement Division. Violations can result in code enforcement citations.'"