Crandall Melvin Professor of Law Shubha Ghosh spoke with the BBC about the lawsuit brought by Disney and Universal against artificial intelligence (AI) company Midjourney.
“A lot of the images that Midjourney produces just seem to be copies of copyrighted characters that might be in new locations or with a new background,” says Ghosh, director of the Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute.
“It doesn’t seem like they’re being transformed in a creative or imaginative way.”
He added that there is a recognition in copyright law that creativity can build on other works as long as it adds something new.