DPIIT working paper (Dec 2025): Indian copyright law has no text and data mining exception (DPIIT, Working Paper on Generative AI and Copyright, Part 1 (December 2025), section 2.1)
A government committee states that the Copyright Act 1957 has no text and data mining exception, so using copyright-protected records (documents, code, recordings) for AI training can be an infringement unless licensed. This supports a licence from the holder as the lawful route.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“There is currently no specific exception under copyright law for text and data mining, nor is there any other exception specifically designed to exempt all AI training activities from potential copyright infringement.”
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