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ARTICLE · 28 MAY 2026

Whose Tune Is It Anyway?

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India's copyright framework, built on human authorship, faces unprecedented challenges as AI systems autonomously compose music.

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Paramita Nandy Gupta
Paramita Nandy Gupta
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India Joins the AI-Music Copyright Showdown

The age of generative artificial intelligence has ushered in a revolution in creative expression. Tools powered by large language models, neural networks, and deep learning algorithms can now compose entire songs, mimic human voices, and replicate stylistic elements from renowned artists. In India, this rapid technological evolution raises urgent and unresolved legal questions: when an AI generates a piece of music, who owns it — if anyone? More fundamentally, can Indian copyright law, originally designed around human creativity, meaningfully govern works created by machines? These questions strike at the heart of how the legal system values creativity, innovation, and artistic labour in the AI era.

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