Burbank-based Disney, along with Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal, Tuesday sued a Chinese artificial intelligence company, alleging in federal court that MiniMax engaged in “willful and brazen” copyright infringement.

The media companies contend the image-generating platform ignores U.S. copyright law and treats the studios’ trademarked characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, and the Minions, as if they were owned by MiniMax.

“MiniMax operates Hailuo AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence image and video generating service that pirates and plunders Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works on a massive scale,” the studios allege in the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles federal court.

“MiniMax markets Hailuo AI as a `Hollywood studio in your pocket’ — an audacious self-anointed nickname given th

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