Can somebody please break this down for me so I can see what benefit WB gets from this?
I can only see mostly negatives
- Winning means taking away the ability for fans to spread viral / subliminal advertising for WB via the art they create.
- Anybody who uses Midjourney commercially to create DC characters etc will be sued, BAU, this might be worth more...
- Midjourney might actually be useful for creatives at WB (mockups etc), so shutting it down not in that interest.
- Negative publicity from people who use Midjourney.
The positives
- WB gets a boatload of short term money from Midjourney if they win.
- They exercise enforcement of copyright preventing their characters becoming a public good (yeah this one's flaky, but as I said, I couldn't think of positives).
I can only see mostly negatives
- Winning means taking away the ability for fans to spread viral / subliminal advertising for WB via the art they create.
- Anybody who uses Midjourney commercially to create DC characters etc will be sued, BAU, this might be worth more...
- Midjourney might actually be useful for creatives at WB (mockups etc), so shutting it down not in that interest.
- Negative publicity from people who use Midjourney.
The positives
- WB gets a boatload of short term money from Midjourney if they win.
- They exercise enforcement of copyright preventing their characters becoming a public good (yeah this one's flaky, but as I said, I couldn't think of positives).