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The Copyright Mirage: Chasing Ownership In Machine-Made Masterpieces




Utsav Anand, Chanakya National Law University

Shailya Sharma, Chanakya National Law University


Who owns an AI-generated masterpiece the developer, the prompter, or no one? India's Copyright Act 1957 offers no clear answer. From the RAGHAV episode to the landmark ANI v OpenAI case, this blog unpacks the legal vacuum and the urgent reforms needed to protect creators.


Keywords: Generative AI, Copyright Authorship, Indian Copyright Act 1957, AI-Generated Content, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)



Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research

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Abbreviation: IJLLR

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ISSN: 2582-8878

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Accessibility: Open Access

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License: Creative Commons 4.0

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