Disney Fanatic (and other media) have reported a lot recently over the influx of Disney movie hoax posters. This trend began relatively recently, and in the past year, we have seen many A.I.-generated Disney Pixar posters.
Some have been innocent fun. Others, however, have involved dark humor and offensive animation.
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Disney Movie Hoax Posters
These dark Disney movie hoax parodies have referenced serial killers, the holocaust, pornographic videos, terrorist attacks, and other real-world tragedies.
Some of the A.I. generated posters include spoofs of Hitler, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Vietnam War.
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Meanwhile, more innocent ones included “What if” scenarios over classic movies such as Harry Potter, Titanic, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Godfather.
This unusual and sometimes disturbing trend was created using Microsoft’s new A.I. image generator through Bing. The A.I. image generator enabled anyone to make their own parody poster in a Disney/Pixar style.
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Disney Intervenes
However, it seems that Disney has had enough. Obviously, The Walt Disney Company is not happy with the trend. Not only does it create a public relations nightmares, but as well as problems with copyright infringement.
The major problem was the prominence of Disney’s logo in the illustrations. In doing so, Microsoft’s Bing Image Creator created a copyright issue.
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As reported by the Financial Times, Disney has reached out to Microsoft regarding the problem.
Microsoft has since blocked users from entering “Disney” as a prompt in the system. If they tried, a pop-up told users the term violated its policies appeared.
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“Reproduction of the Disney logo is clear trademark infringement. I would imagine that is why the AI might be jumbling the logo. In this instance, it is likely more for fun than trying to pass the images off for their own film or animation, but that would be a huge issue.” Andrew White, partner at IP law firm Mathys & Squire, told the Financial Times.
Disney And Microsoft Statements
Although The Walt Disney Company has not made an official public statement regarding the issue, it’s undoubtedly causing a headache for the House of Mouse.
Shortly after the news of “Disney” being seemingly banned from the image generator broke, Microsoft made the following statement:
“There is a current level of variability that may return different results from time to time as we continue to refine our safety systems…Additionally, artists, celebrities, and organizations can request to limit the creation of images associated with their names and brands.”
