NEW DELHI (Diya TV) — Top Indian music companies, such as T-Series, Saregama, and Sony Music, have moved the Delhi High Court to implement an ongoing copyright case against OpenAI. The case, initially filed by news agency Asian News International (ANI) in November 2024, alleges that OpenAI has used its content without permission to train the AI chatbot, ChatGPT.
The music industry, through the Indian Music Industry (IMI) group, argues that OpenAI has illegally used its sound recordings to train AI models without required approvals. Their court filing highlights that the decision in this matter has great repercussions for the music industry in India and across the world.
OpenAI, an American company, has questioned the jurisdiction of Indian courts in this case, stating that it has no physical presence in India and that its servers are outside India. The company argues that it follows fair-use principles and uses only publicly available data to train its AI models.
The Delhi High Court has set February 21, 2025, for the next hearing to consider adding the music labels as defendants in the case. This is a landmark case that could make history with the blending of artificial intelligence and copyright law in India and the handling of copyrighted materials by AI models going forward.
