The production company behind “Blade Runner 2049” filed a lawsuit Monday against Elon Musk and Tesla, accusing them of copyright infringement while promoting a new self-driving car.
In its lawsuit, Alcon Entertainment says Musk used AI-generated imagery mirroring scenes from its 2017 sci-fi film while presenting Tesla’s new autonomous Robotaxi at a marketing event earlier this month. Producers had denied his request to do so.
“He did it anyway,” the suit alleges, adding that the company denied Musk’s request due to the tech mogul’s “extreme political and social views” that occasionally veer into “hate speech.” Musk enthusiastically endorsed Donald Trump for president, appearing alongside him at a rally earlier this month, and has espoused transphobic views.
They’re suing him for using vaguely cyberpunk ai generated images?
As much as it seems like Musk is trying to make a real life cyberpunk dystopia, this seems a little silly.
They’re suing him for copying scenes shot for shot from their movie after they told him explicitly not to
I just watched his presentation here. He did no such thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVzzNof3wqU
Do you have a video that shows this?
He literally references the movie saying the title as a clearly “Blader Runner” image is on screen. Are you meaning to be obtuse or are you just really that dim?
Desert wasn’t really a cyberpunk setting until BR 2049. Post-apocolyptic sure, MadMax had that stitched up in 1979, but not cyberpunk.
If Tesla (or the marketing company) asked for permission, then it was more than “vaguely”.
My interpretation is they wanted to use it, got denied, so used a more generic setting instead.
*tried to
It was still close enough that the production company feels they can win with their claim.