Sci-Tech · 26 Jul 2026

fair dealing exception AI training Copyright Act

With reference to the Delhi High Court's ruling in ANI Media Pvt Ltd vs OpenAI (2026), consider the following statements:

  1. The Court held that training an AI model on copyrighted content falls under the "fair dealing" exception for research under Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act,
  2. 2. The Court's order is a final judgment, conclusively disposing of ANI's copyright infringement claim against OpenAI.
  3. The Court found that ChatGPT's outputs were not "substantially similar" to ANI's original articles.
  4. The ruling drew upon similar 2025 United States court rulings involving Anthropic and Meta.

How many of the above statements are correct?

AOnly one
BOnly two
COnly three
DAll four

Tests the ability to distinguish an interim order from a final judgment and to correctly parse the multi-part legal reasoning behind a landmark ruling, rather than recalling only its headline outcome.

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This question is based on: Delhi HC declines interim injunction against OpenAI in ANI copyright suit
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Why in news

The Delhi High Court declined ANI's request for an interim injunction against OpenAI, marking India's first judicial ruling on whether AI training on copyrighted news content constitutes infringement.

Why for UPSC

UPSC often tests whether aspirants understand the legal status of a court order (interim vs final) rather than just its headline outcome - a distinction that changes the entire significance of a "landmark" ruling.

Prelims summary

The Delhi HC's interim (not final) order held that AI training on ANI's content falls under the Section 52(1)(a) fair dealing exception, since ChatGPT's outputs weren't substantially similar to the originals - a ruling that leaned on comparable 2025 US Anthropic and Meta decisions.

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