The leading news agency Asian News International (ANI) has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking an injunction against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, for allegedly using ANI’s copyrighted content without permission. ANI is demanding that OpenAI must be barred from utilizing its data from AI training and distribution.
ANI’s legal counsel, Sidhant Kumar, claimed that OpenAI’s previous assurance of not using ANI’s content was insufficient. On a daily basis, ANI generates news reports, photographs, and videos, licensing them to other media outlets for syndication.
However, these platforms are not permitted to resell ANI’s content further. Kumar contended that OpenAI could still access ANI’s material indirectly through these licensed news sources, warranting a stricter legal safeguard.
The agency further alleged that OpenAI’s use of its content caused “irreparable harm” by diluting the market for licensed news. Kumar pointed out that OpenAI had already entered into licensing agreements with certain media outlets. He also argued that this demonstrated OpenAI’s acknowledgment of copyright protections but simultaneously restricted ANI’s market by distributing news content.
ANI vs OpenAI: Copyright and Legal Precedents
Kumar referred to Section 14 of the Copyright Act, which grants content owners the exclusive right to reproduce their work in any format, including digital storage. He affirmed that OpenAI’s use of ANI’s material without a license constitutes direct infringement. He also cited previous judgments reinforcing that copyright exceptions are strictly governed by law.
Earlier, ANI sued OpenAI last year, accusing it of using copyrighted news reports to train its AI models without authorization. The agency also alleged that ChatGPT sometimes reproduced ANI’s content verbatim and even attributed false information to its reports.
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