India's AI copyright ruling exposes limits of existing law
By Freny Patel ( August 4, 2026, 05:35 GMT | Comment) -- India's recent artificial intelligence copyright ruling aligns more closely with US and Japanese approaches, highlighting the limits of existing copyright law and leaving the question of statutory remuneration to the country’s parliament.The Delhi High Court's interim ruling in the Asian News International, or ANI, lawsuit against OpenAI does more than address whether artificial intelligence training may fall within India's copyright exceptions. It exposes a gap between what the Copyright Act, 1957 currently permits and what the Indian government believes may ultimately be required to regulate generative AI....
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