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AI-generated art can get copyright, but AI can’t be recognised as author—Copyright Office

While some called the order 'consequential', others warned that it could open the door to recognising non-human authorship, making legal remedies available to non-human entities.

ANI v OpenAI exposes gaps in India’s copyright law. And raises a key question for courts

The ‘ANI v OpenAI’ case demonstrates the evidentiary shortcomings likely to arise in AI-related copyright infringement cases.

No interim ban on OpenAI: Delhi High Court invokes fair dealing doctrine to reject ANI’s petition

Interim injunction will hinder AI growth and more particularly of any LLMs developed in India due to its 'adverse impact on public interest', says court.

Ilaiyaraaja can’t claim rights to 134 films’ songs. Delhi HC rules in Saregama’s favour

Saregama and Ilaiyaraaja had already been fighting over the Tamil song En Iniya Pon Nilave, and in January last year the Delhi High Court ruled in Saregama's favour.

ChatGPT can write like us, copy our smiles. Indian copyright law must catch up

Original content, including speeches, articles, and published works, can be replicated with alarming ease by AI. Indian Copyright Act 1957 must rise to the challenge.

Music, copyrights & licensing in the new age: An ecosystem gradually pivoting to stricter compliance

There is 'growing recognition that creator rights are fundamental to entertainment sector & can't be treated as optional', but there's a long way to go, experts say.

If AI creates, who is the author? A US researcher’s legal challenge to copyright laws & the India link

From rejected claims in US to fresh arguments in India, Thaler’s DABUS case underlines the legal issues surrounding AI-generated intellectual property.

AI-generated art covered by India’s copyright law? Delhi HC gives copyright office 8 weeks to decide

Petitioner Stephen Thaler has sought recognition of copyright in his artistic work, which he says is created autonomously using his AI system, DABUS.

Veera Raja Veera row: Why Delhi High Court dismissed copyright case against AR Rahman

Case arose when Padma Shri awardee Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar moved approached the court saying the song had been copied from his father and uncle’s composition, Shiva Stuti.

What copyright, plagiarism mean for art and artists

Columbia Law School professor Timothy Wu, referring to a copyright dispute in the US, had said ‘if the underlying art is recognisable in the new art, then you have got a problem’.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.