Disney and Universal Sue AI Image Company & NYC Broker Fees Are Banned

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

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Episode 603: Neal and Toby dive into May’s inflation report which rose just slightly, which was a positive sign despite concerns from tariffs. Then, NYC’s broker fee ban went into effect, which some are celebrating, while others are concerned about costs showing up in other ways. Also, Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney, an AI image company for copyright infringement. Meanwhile, Neal shares his favorite numbers from the week: congressional stock trading, Waymo, and Din Tai Fung. 00:00 - US World Cup Starts 2:30 - Inflation not that bad for now 7:00 - Disney fights AI 10:30 - NYC broker fee ban 14:20 - Lawmakers and their stocks 17:30 - Waymo safer than humans 19:00 - Din Tai Fung crushin’ it 22:00 - Sprint Finish! Check out domainmoney.com/mbdaily and start building your financial plan today We are current clients of Domain Money Advisors, LLC (Domain). Through Domain's sponsorship of Morning Brew Daily, we receive compensation that included a free plan and thus have an incentive to promote Domain Money. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	Good morning, Brew, Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell.
0:37.7	Today, inflation is coming on down Bob Barker style, but will the prices stay right?
0:43.0	Then Hollywood has finally had it with AI image generators copying their homework.
0:48.2	It's Thursday, June 12th. Let's ride.
0:54.8	The countdown has begun one year from today exactly.
0:59.5	The U.S. men's national team will play their first game of the World Cup, which the country is hosting alongside Mexico and Canada.
1:07.0	I'm sorry to say, but I do not believe that we will win.
1:10.9	The U.S.MNT has lost four straight games for the first time since 2007, including a four-nil thrashing at the hands of Switzerland on Tuesday night.
1:20.6	New coach Maricio Pachitino, whose $6 million a year salary was partially bankrolled by Ken Griffin,
1:27.3	is under increasing pressure to get the squad in respectable form before their World Cup debut.
1:32.9	Toby, is it time to panic?
1:34.7	Neil, you know that feeling when you haven't prepared for a test and it's slowly creeping up, just this horrible pit in your stomach because you're so far away from being ready.
1:43.9	But you're going to have
1:44.4	to take it anyways. That is how I feel about this World Cup. Our boys in red, white, and blue,
1:49.7	are not prepared. Let's just, let's just face it. We lost 4-0 to Switzerland, to Switzerland, Neil,
1:55.0	no disrespect to the Swiss. But I can't believe that this kind of amorphous concept, this circle
2:00.2	far off on the sporting
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