ANI Media v. OpenAI is a copyright case before the High Court of Delhi in which the Indian news agency ANI Media alleges OpenAI trained its models on ANI's copyrighted works without authorization.
Procedural history and ruling
On July 24, 2026, the court denied ANI Media's preliminary-injunction motion in a 135-page ruling, holding that using copyrighted works to train AI models — and storing copies for training purposes — is prima facie fair dealing under Section 52(1)(a) of India's Copyright Act. The ruling cited the U.S. decisions in Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta and the Google Books decisions. The denial is preliminary; the case can still proceed to trial (Source: chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com; chatgptiseatingtheworld.com).
The ruling is the first reported application of India's fair-dealing provision to AI training and extends the transatlantic fair-use debate to Indian law, importing the reasoning of the U.S. training-is-transformative line of cases.
Relationships
- related: AI Copyright Litigation — Analysis — the cross-jurisdiction docket this case now joins
- related: Bartz v. Anthropic, Kadrey v. Meta — U.S. decisions the ruling cites
- related: OpenAI — defendant