Indian Copyright Law And Generative AI

The scope of copyright liability of Generative AI ('genAI') models is a hot topic globally. Copyright issues that stem out of genAI technology can be categorized into four heads. All the litigations in the United States form a part of one of these four heads:

• Allegation of copyright Infringement due to copying/storage of copyrighted works as data sets for the purpose of training models;
• Allegation of copyright Infringement due to substantial similarity of the output produced, as well as the output produced being based on the inputted copyrighted work;
• Allegation of copyright Infringement due to lack of attribution or lack of disclosure/tampering with Rights Management Information;