Discover why Judge George Wu rejected Elon Musk's fair use defense in Feb 2026 and what it means for AI-generated media.

Alcon Entertainment, producers of “Blade Runner 2049,” have accused Elon Musk and Tesla of infringing its copyrights — alleging the tech mogul blatantly copied an iconic scene from the movie with an ...

Alcon Entertainment, the producers behind Blade Runner 2049, are suing Elon Musk over AI-generated images in an ad for the launch of Tesla’s Robotaxi. The lawsuit is alleging direct copyright ...

“The financial magnitude of the misappropriation here was substantial,” the lawsuit says. “Alcon has spent decades and hundreds of millions of dollars building the ‘BR2049’ brand into the famous mark ...

Tesla and CEO Elon Musk were sued by the producers of the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049 for allegedly using AI to spoof an image of the film at its We, Robot event. Elon Musk, Tesla and Warner Bros.

The claims of copyright infringement come down to whether a court (or a jury) finds that the “Blade Runner 2049” image at the core of Alcon’s argument is “substantially similar” to the one Musk used ...