SynopsisThe Delhi High Court has refused to stop OpenAI from using news agency ANI's content. Storing public literary works for AI training may qualify as fair dealing. The court found no evidence of ChatGPT memorizing and regurgitating ANI's original expressions. ANI failed to establish a prima facie case for copyright infringement at this stage. The main copyright suit will continue with further evidence presented at trial.The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to restrain OpenAI from using news agency ANI’s copyrighted content, holding at the interim stage that storing publicly available literary work to train large language models (LLMs) could qualify as “fair dealing” for private use and research under Indian copyright law.Justice Amit Bansal dismissed ANI Media’s application for an interim injunction against the ChatGPT maker, but clarified that the findingsNow Playing
Delhi HC rejects ANI’s interim injunction plea against OpenAI, says AI training prima facie ‘fair dealing’ - The Economic Times
The Delhi High Court has refused to stop OpenAI from using news agency ANI's content. Storing public literary works for AI training may qualify as fair dealing. The court found no evidence of ChatGPT memorizing and regurgitating ANI's original expressions. ANI failed to establish a prima facie case for copyright infringement at this stage. The main copyright suit will continue with further evidence presented at trial.
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Delhi High Court dismisses ANI's injunction against OpenAI, ruling LLM training on public content qualifies as fair dealing under Indian copyright law. This signals foundation model training faces lighter compliance constraints in India, reducing legal risk for AI companies in the region.
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