ANI alleges ChatGPT of crawling subscriber content in copyright infringement case
The Delhi High Court recently heard arguments in a copyright infringement case brought forward by the news agency Asian News International (ANI) against OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT. ANI has accused OpenAI of unauthorized use of its copyrighted content. It alleges that the AI chatbot not only directly extracts material from its website but also scrapes subscriber-exclusive content, as reported by Bar & Bench.
Claims and Counterarguments
During the hearing, ANI's counsel argued that OpenAI was infringing on the agency's copyright by reusing its news reports and interviews without proper authorization. The counsel emphasized that ANI's subscribers, including The Economic Times (ET), pay for access to its content. Thus, OpenAI's alleged scraping of such material also amounts to copyright infringement.
On the other hand, counsel representing OpenAI countered ANI's claims by stating that facts themselves are not protected by copyright. They argued that similarities in reporting are inevitable when multiple media outlets cover the same event. The defense asserted that ChatGPT does not replicate ANI's content word for word but instead generates summaries based on publicly available information.
Other Developments
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Regulatory Actions
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