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ARTICLE · 04 AUGUST 2026

ANI v. OpenAI: India’s First Copyright Ruling On LLM Training

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In an interim ruling, the Delhi High Court has examined whether the use of copyrighted news content for LLM training and output generation amounts to infringement or qualifies as fair dealing.

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In an interim ruling, the Delhi High Court has examined whether the use of copyrighted news content for LLM training and output generation amounts to infringement or qualifies as fair dealing.

ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. (ANI) alleged that OpenAI OpCo LLC (OpenAI) had used its copyrighted news content without authorisation in two ways: by copying and storing it to train the large language models underlying ChatGPT, and by reproducing it in responses generated by ChatGPT. In a ruling dated July 24, 2026, the Delhi High Court rejected ANI’s application for an interim injunction and delivered India’s first substantive judicial analysis of copyright infringement and fair dealing in the context of generative AI. The dispute drew interventions from publishing, news, music, technology and policy bodies, reflecting its wider significance for copyright owners and AI developers.

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