India opens copyright door to AI works, rejects AI authors
By Freny Patel ( September 2, 2026, 09:02 GMT | Insight) -- India’s Copyright Office found artificial intelligence-generated works can qualify for copyright protection but AI cannot be an author, leaving unresolved how much human involvement is needed to establish authorship.Stephen Thaler's attempt to name his DABUS artificial-intelligence system as the author of an artwork has been rejected by India's registrar of copyrights, while finding that the AI-generated work itself can satisfy India's copyright originality test....
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