Generative AI and Copyright Authorship: Interpreting Section 2(d)(vi) of the Indian Copyright Act

Introduction AI-generated works are those produced with the aid of AI systems, such as software that generates output based on data and algorithms. It can range from simple texts and images to complex literary, artistic, musical, and cinematographic works. The ownership of author’s work created by generative AI has raised complex legal issues in copyright law. The challenges faced by ‘traditional ownership concept’ is that the existing Copyright Act is not well equipped to facilitate the...