Delhi Excessive Court docket Holds OpenAI’s Coaching on Copyrighted Works Falls Beneath Honest Dealing
The Delhi Excessive Court docket has held that OpenAI’s coaching of its massive language fashions on authentic retrieved copyrighted works quantities to truthful dealing and doesn’t represent copyright infringement. ANI Media Pvt Ltd had approached the courtroom in 2024 in opposition to OpenAI Inc and OpenAI OpCo LLC, alleging infringement of its copyrighted materials in reference to LLM coaching. Justice Amit Bansal noticed that OpenAI’s act of storing ANI’s authentic retrieved works for coaching the fashions underlying ChatGPT falls inside Part 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act and due to this fact doesn’t quantity to infringement.
The courtroom additionally famous, on a prima facie foundation, that outputs generated by ChatGPT utilizing the RAG method didn’t quantity to infringement, since they weren’t considerably just like ANI’s inputs. The Court docket additional held that ANI had failed to ascertain any memorisation or regurgitation of its works by ChatGPT responses, and concluded that ANI had not made out a prima facie case for interim injunction. The Court docket due to this fact discovered that the steadiness of comfort lay in OpenAI’s favour, observing that an interim injunction would trigger irreparable damage not solely to OpenAI but additionally to the general public at massive.
Case Title: Ani Media Pvt. Ltd. v. Open Ai Opco LLC
Quotation: I.A. 45300/2024 in CS(COMM) 1028/2024, I.A. 45301/2024 & I.A.26192/2025
Meta Assures Delhi Excessive Court docket It Will Reverse Two Copyright Strikes Towards TV Right now Posts
Meta Platforms has advised the Delhi Excessive Court docket that it’ll reverse two copyright strikes issued in opposition to social media posts of TV Right now Community Restricted after the broadcaster challenged what it described as false copyright claims made by nameless accounts. Showing for Meta, Advocate Varun Pathak stated the corporate would “reverse strike and provides BSI,” and the Excessive Court docket recorded the enterprise whereas directing that the 2 copyright strikes be reversed inside a most interval of 1 month.
The courtroom additionally directed Meta to supply TV Right now with the Primary Subscriber Info and IP logs referring to the nameless accounts inside two weeks. TV Right now has filed a swimsuit in search of ₹2 crore in damages, alleging that nameless customers issued false copyright strikes in opposition to its content material, induced hurt to its enterprise and fame, and tried extortion by abuse of Meta’s copyright enforcement mechanism. The matter has been listed for additional listening to on August 18.
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Delhi Excessive Court docket Directs Meta to Take Down Infringing Zee Content material from Numerous Fb Pages
The Delhi Excessive Court docket has directed Meta Platforms Inc. to take down infringing content material uploaded by operators of 14 Fb pages carrying Zee Leisure Enterprises’ tv serials and net collection. Whereas passing an ad-interim order, the Court docket declined to direct blocking of the Fb accounts themselves. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani handed the order in a swimsuit filed by Zee in opposition to Meta and 18 different defendants, through which Zee sought everlasting, obligatory and dynamic injunctions restraining infringement of its copyright and broadcast replica rights, together with damages, rendition of accounts, disclosure, delivery-up and different consequential reliefs. Zee alleged that operators of a number of Fb pages had been importing its content material and disseminating it on a real-time and persevering with foundation by a number of log-in accounts and pages, and that the pages had been monetising the content material by commercials.
The courtroom held that Zee had made out a prima facie case, that the steadiness of comfort lay in its favour, and that irreparable loss and damage can be induced if interim reduction was not granted. Accordingly, the courtroom granted an ad-interim injunction in opposition to Meta and the Fb web page operators, whereas directing Meta to take down the content material with the listed URLs. The matter has been listed earlier than the Joint Registrar on October 15, 2026, for completion of pleadings.
Case Title: Zee Leisure Enterprises Restricted v. Meta Platforms Inc. & Ors.
Case Quantity: CS(COMM) 729/2026
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Madras Excessive Court docket Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused in Leak of Jana Nayagan
The Madras Excessive Court docket has granted anticipatory bail to a person accused of pirating and releasing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, aka Thalapathy’s film Jana Nayagan on on-line platforms earlier than its theatrical launch. Justice C. Kumarappan held that custody of the accused was not required, for the reason that police had already filed the ultimate report within the matter. The courtroom noticed that the preliminary allegation in opposition to the petitioner was solely that he had considered the illegally launched film, and that no critical overt act had been attributed to him. It additional famous that bail had already been granted to different accused in the identical incident, that the petitioner had cooperated with the investigation, and that he had initially not been handled as an accused. The courtroom additionally famous that he had assisted the investigation by standing as an testifying witness on the time of one other accused’s arrest, and held that the potential for him absconding or tampering with witnesses was not acceptable. Accordingly, the courtroom granted anticipatory bail topic to situations.
Case Title: Pradeep Kumar & Ors vs The State & Anr
Quotation: W.P.(CRL) 597/2026
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US Choose Approves Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement with Authors
A federal decide in San Francisco has authorised Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement in a category motion introduced by authors who alleged the corporate used their books with out permission to coach its AI chatbot, Claude. U.S. District Choose Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted last approval of the deal, which is described as the most important identified settlement in a U.S. copyright case, and rejected claims that the quantity was too low.
The case is amongst a number of copyright actions filed in opposition to know-how corporations over massive language mannequin coaching, and it’s the first main U.S. case of this type to settle. Choose Martinez-Olguin additionally overruled objections to the settlement, whereas some authors and publishers who opted out have continued with separate lawsuits in opposition to Anthropic.
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Centre Says New Broadcasting Guidelines Will Create Unified Framework, Enable Voluntary Migration for Current Licence Holders
The Centre on Wednesday stated that its proposed Telecommunications (Tv, Radio and Related Companies) Guidelines, 2026 are meant to ascertain a unified regulatory framework for India’s broadcasting sector, whereas assuring present licence holders that they could voluntarily migrate to the brand new authorisation regime. The clarification from Info and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw got here days after the Ministry launched the draft guidelines for public session and marked the federal government’s first detailed clarification in Parliament of how the brand new framework will exchange the current patchwork of broadcasting pointers beneath the Telecommunications Act, 2023. The proposed framework brings collectively six separate units of pointers protecting satellite tv for pc tv uplinking and downlinking, Direct-to-Dwelling companies, Headend-in-the-Sky platforms, personal FM radio, neighborhood radio stations, and Web Protocol Tv companies. Vaishnaw additional clarified that present broadcasters and repair suppliers is not going to be required to shift instantly to the brand new regime, and should both transfer to the brand new authorisation framework or proceed beneath their present licences till they select emigrate.
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Sony Music Sues Udio Once more Over Alleged Copying of Extra Than 30,000 Songs for AI Coaching
Sony Music Leisure has filed a recent lawsuit in opposition to AI music generator Udio, alleging that the startup illegally copied greater than 30,000 songs by artists together with Beyoncé, Harry Types, and Elvis Presley to coach its fashions. Sony had earlier sued Udio and its competitor Suno in June 2024, together with Common Music Group and Warner Music Group. Within the new criticism filed within the U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of New York, Sony stated discovery within the case confirmed that 30,117 tracks had been present in Udio’s coaching datasets.
The label stated it filed the brand new motion after U.S. District Court docket Choose Alvin Okay. Hellerstein denied its request so as to add these tracks to the unique swimsuit. Sony argued that copying protected sound recordings for a industrial AI product requires permission from rightsholders, whereas Udio has maintained that its coaching was truthful use. Sony additionally said that Udio may have licensed the tracks as an alternative of allegedly taking them from YouTube, and it’s in search of a minimum of $150,000 per work allegedly infringed, together with an order blocking Udio from utilizing its works to coach its fashions.
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US Musicians Union Opposes Common and Warner Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Suno and Udio AI Offers
The American Federation of Musicians has requested a New York federal courtroom to permit its lawsuit in opposition to Common Music Group and Warner Music Group to proceed, opposing the labels’ effort to dismiss the case regarding their AI licensing offers with Suno and Udio. The union argues that these offers triggered the “new use” provision beneath Article 21(a) of the Sound Recording Labor Settlement, which it says requires the labels to compensate members whose recordings had been licensed to the AI corporations.
In line with the AFM, the supply creates an unbiased cost obligation and applies to all new makes use of, whereas the labels contend it is just a fee conversion provision and doesn’t itself create cost rights the place no AFM settlement covers AI licensing. The union additionally opposed the majors’ request to pause discovery and stated it might amend its criticism to call Warner Data, Inc. as an alternative of Warner Music Group Corp. The AFM filed its lawsuit on June 5 within the U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of New York, alleging that Common and Warner breached the SRLA by licensing members’ recordings to Suno and Udio with out compensation or credit score.