Midjourney filed a motion urging Judge John Kronstadt to overturn Magistrate Judge Joel Richlin’s June 15, 2026 ruling that limited discovery to consumer-facing AI applications. Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to disclose AI business plans, training datasets, model weights, and board presentations.
Midjourney argues studios developing image-generating AI for internal storyboarding trained on unlicensed content would demonstrate industry custom supporting fair use and “unclean hands” defenses. Studios called the request a fishing expedition. Hearing scheduled August 17, 2026. Case 2:25-cv-05275, consolidated with Warner Bros. v. Midjourney.