Universal Pictures, a privately owned entertainment provider founded in 1927 and headquartered in the US, is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal. Employing approximately 2400 people, the company's primary business is the production and distribution of motion pictures and home videos. Universal Pictures' operations also extend to theme parks and attractions, television networks and programming, and other media and entertainment ventures, including its subsidiary, United International Pictures.
On Tuesday, September 15, 2025, Universal Pictures, along with Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. Discovery, filed a lawsuit against MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence company. The lawsuit alleges copyright infringement, claiming MiniMax's AI service generates characters such as Darth Vader, the Minions, and Wonder Woman without permission. This action follows a similar joint lawsuit filed earlier by the three companies against MiniMax for copyright infringement related to characters including Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse. The companies allege MiniMax scraped copyrighted data to train its AI models without authorization or compensation.
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