Copyright Case: Delhi HC Seeks Response From OpenAI

Copyright Case: Delhi HC Seeks Response From OpenAI

SUMMARY

The Delhi High Court has reportedly sought a response from OpenAI on a couple of fresh pleas by The Federation of Indian Publishers and the Digital News Publishers Association

the court has sought the AI company’s response, as justice Amit Bansal observed that the scope of the copyright suit cannot be stretched by the intervenors

The court’s notice read that the scope of the suit shall not be expanded and the intervenors would be confined to make submissions on the legal issues arising in this case

The Delhi High Court has reportedly sought a response from OpenAI on a couple of fresh pleas by The Federation of Indian Publishers and the Digital News Publishers Association seeking to intervene in a copyright infringement case filed by news agency ANI Media.

As per ET’s report, the court has sought the AI company’s response, as justice Amit Bansal observed that the scope of the copyright suit cannot be stretched by the intervenors, while issuing notice to OpenAI.

“In the event the court allows the intervention application, the scope of the suit shall not be expanded and the intervenors would be confined to make submissions on the legal issues arising in this case,” the report said, citing the court’s notice.

OpenAI defender senior counsel Amit Sibal submitted that the FIPs had no authorisation to file the intervention application, as per the report.

“They are alleging that we (OpenAI) are going behind paywall to get access to matters not publicly available. The book publishers and journal publishers have a different issue from ANI,” Sibal argued.

This development comes hours after Reuters reported that OpenAI asked an Indian court to dismiss the plea from a group of book publishers who claim its ChatGPT service infringes on their copyrights.

Earlier this week, media outlets such as NDTV, Network18, Indian Express and Hindustan Times reportedly told a New Delhi court that they wanted to join an ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI associated with alleged improper use of copyright content. 

This lawsuit against OpenAI was initially filed by the news agency ANI last year and then joined by a group of global and Indian book publishers. 

ANI’s lawsuit against OpenAI alleged that the AI company used the news agency’s published content to train ChatGPT without permission, to which the Sam Altmen-led company told the Delhi HC that the Indian courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear a copyright infringement case against the AI company, earlier this month.

Updated at 12:18 PM