Now, Indian Music Labels Seek To Join Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI

SUMMARY

India’s top Bollywood music labels like T-Series, Saregama, and Sony is reportedly looking to join an ongoing copyright lawsuit against ChatGPT developer OpenAI

The Indian Music Industry (IMI) group, T-Series and Saregama India asked the Delhi court to hear issues related to "unauthorised use of sound recordings" in training AI models

The music industry and labels are looking to join the ongoing lawsuit filed by news agency ANI against OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement

A group of India’s top Bollywood music labels like T-Series, Saregama, and Sony is reportedly looking to join an ongoing copyright lawsuit against ChatGPT developer OpenAI in the Delhi High Court.

The music labels are concerned about improper use of recording to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, Reuters reported, citing legal documents

The Indian Music Industry (IMI) group, T-Series and Saregama India asked the Delhi court to hear issues related to “unauthorised use of sound recordings” in training AI models which breaches their copyright.

The IMI group counts the likes of Sony Music, Saregama India, Shri Balaji Enterprises, Universal Music India, Times Music among others as its members.

The companies have said that their contentions “are crucial for the entire music industry in India, and even worldwide”.

The music industry and labels are looking to join the ongoing lawsuit filed by news agency ANI against OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement. While the lawsuit was filed last year, media outlets such as NDTV, Network18, The Indian Express and Hindustan Times told the court last month that they want to join the ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI.

Earlier this week, the AI giant told the Delhi High Court that it does not use the content of Indian media groups to train its AI chatbot ChatGPT. OpenAI urged the HC to dismiss infringement claims filed by the publishers.

Further, OpenAI also told the HC that it is under no obligation to form partnerships with media outlets to use publicly available content.

Earlier, the US-based company said that the Indian courts don’t have the jurisdiction to hear ANI’s plea as OpenAI does not have a presence in India.

This comes as the adoption of AI is on the rise in the country. Last week, OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman met IT minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw during his India visit and said that the country is an “incredibly important” market for the AI giant.

OpenAI is also reportedly in talks to set up a data centre in India.