Indian court says OpenAI did not violate news agency ANI's copyright
An Indian court ruled that OpenAI's use of news agency ANI's content to train its ChatGPT service does not constitute copyright infringement. The judgment cited India's fair‑dealing exemption for research as a legal basis for the decision. This is the first substantive ruling in India on whether AI companies can train large language models on copyrighted news without a licence.
- ▪ANI sued OpenAI in the Delhi High Court in November 2024, alleging unauthorized use of its news articles for training AI models.
- ▪Justice Amit Bansal found that OpenAI's storage of ANI content falls under a fair‑dealing exemption for research under India's Copyright Act.
- ▪The court noted that ANI failed to demonstrate that ChatGPT memorised or reproduced its news reports in user responses.
- ▪The ruling marks the first major Indian court finding on AI training and copyrighted news content.
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