Govt panel proposes blanket licence for AI firms to use copyrighted works; seeks public views

Seeking public views, a government committee has proposed giving a mandatory blanket licence to artificial intelligence developers for using all legally accessed copyright-protected works to train AI systems.

However, the licence should be accompanied by a statutory remuneration right for the copyright holders, according to the committee’s recommendation.

These suggestions are part of a working paper prepared by the committee and released by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) seeking stakeholders’…