Bollywood Music Giants Sue OpenAI Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
Music labels, including T-Series, Saregama, and Sony, are taking ChatGPT's creator to court.
By Sukhbir Cheema — 17 Feb 2025, 04:25 PM
India's biggest Bollywood music labels, including T-Series, Saregama, and Sony, are pushing to join a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, raising alarms over the alleged unauthorised use of sound recordings to train AI models
The Indian Music Industry (IMI), representing major record labels, filed a petition in a New Delhi court, arguing that OpenAI’s practices pose a serious threat to the industry, Reuters reports.
The labels claim that AI models could be scraping and replicating copyrighted lyrics, compositions, and recordings without consent.
While the filing is not public, sources suggest it could set a precedent for how AI-generated content interacts with intellectual property rights in India.
OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, has been facing similar legal battles worldwide, with publishers, news agencies, and music rights holders challenging its data usage policies
The company maintains that it adheres to fair-use principles and primarily relies on publicly available data for model training.
However, this stance has done little to quell concerns among rights holders.
The push by Indian labels follows a separate lawsuit by news agency ANI, which accused OpenAI of using its content without permission.
Several Indian publishers, some linked to billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, have aligned against the AI firm
Similar cases are emerging globally, with Germany's GEMA launching legal action last year over ChatGPT's alleged reproduction of song lyrics.
The case, scheduled for its next hearing on 21 February, could shape how AI companies operate in India.
OpenAI, meanwhile, continues to assert that Indian courts lack jurisdiction over its US-based operations.
