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OpenAI wins Delhi HC interim ruling in ANI copyright case
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Fusion42 · 25 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Delhi High Court refused interim injunction against OpenAI in ANI copyright case, holding that training ChatGPT on news articles falls within fair-dealing exception under Indian Copyright Act Section 52(1)(a)(i). The 135-page judgment is the first substantive Indian court ruling on AI training with copyrighted content; the main suit and hallucination-attribution claims remain pending.
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If you're building on scraped news data, India just cleared your largest single legal hurdle. The court's fair-use framework now sits alongside US and Canadian cases — cite this ruling to your legal team, because publishers will shift from fighting in court to negotiating licences.
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