Why did the big film studios in Hollywood sue a Chinese company, demanding the “maximum amount provided by law”

Disney, Universal and Warner Bros Discovery, companies that have some of the largest Hollywood film studios, have together a lawsuit against the Chinese creator of a popular video -based video application (AI), claiming that it commits a “flagrant and deliberate” violation of author rights.

The process against Minimax is aimed at Hailuo AI, a video generator promoting as a “Hollywood studio in your pocket”, is the first of this kind against a Chinese artificial intelligence company.

American studios claim that the service is a threat to the US film industry and request the “maximum amount allowed by law”, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The process includes several screenshots of Minimax advertisements that have some of the best known studios, including Doth Vader, owned by Disney, and universal minions. The images wear the minimax Hailuo logo.

Film studios accuse the Chinese company of advertising with his characters

The images are generated by Hailuo AI for users who send a text, requesting a popular character in a certain framework. The results, support the American companies, are “high quality, downloadable images and videos”, which use copyright protected characters.

Hollywood studios also claim that Minimax uses images of their characters to promote the service to American consumers, thus misleading them.

Although less known outside China, Minimax is one of the most important Chinese startups of large linguistic models (LLM).

Although it is following the rivals in Midjourney and Kling in the rankings of the most popular applications of some videos, Hailuo was praised for its ability to quickly produce realistic film images.

Disney and Universal have sued Midjourney

The process appears at a sensitive time for Minimax, which plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to raise funds needed for its international expansion strategy.

The process follows a similar one launched in June by Disney and Universal against Midjourney, a US image generator that describes as a “small, self -financed team.”

In that process, the studios called Midjourney “a plagiarism -free gap.” Midjourney said in a legal file in August that the use of materials is under the protection of “correct use”.

However, two recent decisions of California district courts, the American state in which Hollywood is located, have established that the use of copyright protected works is considered “correct” even without the owner's permission.