Open Access Research Article
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COPYRIGHT LAW: CHALLENGES AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES IN INDIA
Abstract
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has unsettled
the assumptions on which copyright law was built. Systems that write, paint, compose and code are trained on vast quantities of existing works, and they produce outputs that can resemble, substitute for, or compete
with human creativity. Indian copyright law, framed by the Copyright Act, 1957, was
drafted for a world of human authors and identifiable acts of copying, and it contains no express provision
on AI training, text-and-data mining,
or AI-generated works. This paper examines the legal challenges that arise at three stages:
the input stage (use of copyrighted works to train AI models),
the output stage (authorship, originality and ownership of AI-generated content, and infringement by outputs), and the liability stage (responsibility of developers, deployers
and users). It analyses the Copyright Act, 1957,
the
doctrines of originality and fair dealing as developed by Indian courts, the Delhi High Court's interim
decision in ANI Media
Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI OpCo LLC (2026), and the Working Paper on Generative
AI and Copyright released by the Department for Promotion
of Industry and Internal Trade
(DPIIT) in December
2025. It compares
India's position with the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore. The
paper argues that India needs a calibrated
statutory response: clarity on training data, a workable remuneration mechanism for creators, a clear rule that copyright in AI-assisted works depends
on human creative contribution, and transparency obligations for AI developers.
Published Paper
Author Details
Authors: KRRISH RAJ MITRARegistration ID: 1013559 | Published Paper ID: IJLRA13559Approved ISSN: 2582-6433 | Country: Delhi, India
Article Information
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COPYRIGHT LAW: CHALLENGES AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES IN INDIA
Authors: KRRISH RAJ MITRA
- Journal IJLRA
- ISSN 2582-6433
- Volume 3
- Issue 8
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International Journal for Legal Research and Analysis
- AbbreviationIJLRA
- ISSN2582-6433
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