Producers of the film “Blade Runner 2049” are suing Tesla for copyright infringement

Alcon Entertainment, the film production company that produced, among other things, the science fiction film “Blade Runner 2049,” has filed a lawsuit against Tesla – the electric car giant Elon Musk – accuses the automaker of violating the film’s copyright to promote its new robotaxi project, Cybercab. Alcon Entertainment claims that Tesla used an AI-generated image similar to a scene from the film to promote the concept of the new robotaxi at Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio in Burbank, California. The image that sparked the lawsuit, filed yesterday in a Los Angeles court, ran a total of 11 seconds in which Musk specifically mentioned “Blade Runner” while unveiling the Cybercab that Tesla plans to produce by 2027.

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