{"id":223602,"date":"2025-12-09T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/223602\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:49:07","slug":"indian-ai-royalty-proposal-targets-data-practices-of-openai-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/223602\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian AI royalty proposal targets data practices of OpenAI, Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul data-testid=\"Summary\" class=\"summary-module__summary__QjADA\">\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">India proposes payment to content creators for AI training use<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">AI firms should pay royalty to a centralised pool -document<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">India is a key market for AI firms<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Indian government canvasses response within 30 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (Reuters) &#8211; An Indian government panel has proposed requiring AI companies to pay content creators a share of revenue for using their work to train models, a setback for companies such as OpenAI and Google that back free access to publicly available data.<\/p>\n<p>The step comes as governments worldwide are fast developing regulations to resolve AI-related copyright disputes, as AI companies say they are making fair use of material generated by content owners.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/indian-ai-royalty-proposal-targets-data-practices-openai-google-2025-12-09\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fsustainability%2Fboards-policy-regulation%2Findian-ai-royalty-proposal-targets-data-practices-openai-google-2025-12-09%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AI firms should be able to access Indian content for training but should pay royalties to a central body representing copyright holders, the panel, set up <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/india-panel-review-copyright-law-amid-legal-challenges-openai-2025-05-06\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in April<\/a>, said in a report published on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s plan marks a sharp divergence from jurisdictions like the United States, where AI giants say training models on publicly available data constitutes &#8220;fair use&#8221; for which they should not be charged.<\/p>\n<p>AI firms such as OpenAI and Google Gemini, which count India among their top user markets, did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>NO OPT-OUT<\/p>\n<p>Industry and the public have 30 days to challenge the Indian plan, which faces review by government officials.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI is locked in a <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/openai-cites-us-roots-dodge-india-courts-lawyers-say-case-can-be-heard-2025-01-31\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">court battle<\/a> triggered by accusations from Indian news agency ANI over use of copyrighted content. The company has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and said its use of online content amounted to fair use.<\/p>\n<p>While Japan gives AI firms broad exemptions for use of such content, the European Union has stricter rules that allow content owners to opt out of such use.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian panel called the opt-out model ineffective, saying it unfairly forced creators to track down their own work in massive AI datasets.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, if their work is used by AI platforms, they can claim funds from the centralised royalty pool.<\/p>\n<p>Nasscom, an influential tech industry body that counts Google and Microsoft among its members, has formally dissented, telling the panel in comments that the mandatory fee amounts to a &#8220;tax or levy on innovation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Motion Picture Association, which represents Netflix and Paramount, previously <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/hollywood-bollywood-groups-lobby-indian-panel-protect-content-ai-models-2025-10-08\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told<\/a> the panel there should be no change in the copyright law, with efforts focused on licensing instead.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting Arpan Chaturvedi and Munsif Vengattil; Editing by Aditya Kalra and Clarence Fernandez<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__element__5eCce article-body-module__trust-badge__5mS3f\">Our Standards: <a data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com\/en\/about-us\/trust-principles.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__medium__2Rl30 text-module__small__sph8i link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC link-module__with-icon__qlg76\">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersagency.com\/en\/licensereuterscontent\/?utm_medium=rcom-article-media&amp;utm_campaign=rcom-rcp-lead\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"button-module__link__A3sD0 button-module__secondary__70gBu button-module__round__QDFgq button-module__w_auto__Sem-F\" data-testid=\"LicenceContentButton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Purchase Licensing Rights<\/a><a data-testid=\"AuthorBioImageLink\" class=\"author-bio-module__author-image__jcaG3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/authors\/arpan-chaturvedi\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 author-bio-module__description__9ynkB\">Arpan is a correspondent for Reuters based in New Delhi, where he reports from the courts in India. He joined Reuters in 2022, and has been a part of the companies coverage team reporting on court cases spanning aviation, mining, human rights and other public interest issues.<\/p>\n<p><a data-testid=\"AuthorBioImageLink\" class=\"author-bio-module__author-image__jcaG3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/authors\/munsif-vengattil\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 author-bio-module__description__9ynkB\">Based in Bengaluru, Munsif Vengattil leads Reuters&#8217; technology news coverage in India. He tracks themes at the intersection of tech, business, and labor.<br \/>\nA reporter for nine years, Munsif has written extensively on India&#8217;s electronics manufacturing aspirations and its tech policy space, AI and election interference, satellite internet, streaming wars, and data breaches. His stories also focus on investigating corporate strategies and revealing India-specific initiatives and challenges of the biggest of tech firms &#8211; from Apple, Facebook, and Google, to Foxconn, Samsung, and Nvidia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India proposes payment to content creators for AI training use AI firms should pay royalty to a centralised&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[261],"tags":[102006,291,82519,82793,289,290,2786,82703,82499,36586,94001,84892,83110,82794,82500,83111,94002,84110,82543,82538,82545,82546,82535,82549,82541,82550,82776,82553,82536,82559,87973,87974,82530,82805,88153,82531,82529,82555,82542,82777,82547,82557,82537,82540,82554,82552,88441,112952,82551,120362,3737,83113,18,82578,85475,4893,45748,19,2761,82505,82765,17,83119,82797,84435,82798,721,120363,88835,93734,82768,82524,82799,120364,66509,83104,82508,102691,83810,17827,82510,2608,82558,94003,82778,84116,82512,12368,83126,84106,82800,15170,82801,753,82,30150,82534,82533,107,83803],"class_list":["post-223602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-advo","tag-ai","tag-amers","tag-arti","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-asia","tag-asxpac","tag-bact","tag-biz","tag-case1","tag-ccos","tag-civ","tag-clj","tag-cmpny","tag-cmss","tag-copyr","tag-cycs","tag-destabn","tag-destabx","tag-destafa","tag-destbnx","tag-destcsa","tag-destdnp","tag-deste","tag-destfun","tag-destg","tag-destgns","tag-destlby","tag-destlita","tag-destnoinbsm","tag-destnointim","tag-destocabsm","tag-destodat","tag-destoip","tag-destousbsm","tag-destoustcm","tag-destpco","tag-destpcu","tag-destpge","tag-destpsc","tag-destrbn","tag-destreulb","tag-destrnp","tag-destrws","tag-destrwsa","tag-destsni","tag-destsns","tag-destucdptest","tag-digpub","tag-dip","tag-dli","tag-eire","tag-emrg","tag-ent","tag-eu","tag-gen","tag-ie","tag-in","tag-inds","tag-intag","tag-ireland","tag-iser","tag-itec","tag-itse","tag-judic","tag-legal","tag-lobby","tag-mdia","tag-mlaisv","tag-mngiss","tag-namer","tag-netsv","tag-newsag","tag-ngo","tag-nrlpaoconl","tag-pol","tag-pris","tag-privt","tag-pub","tag-publ","tag-read","tag-reuters-legal","tag-rsbilitigation","tag-rsbipolitical-lobbying","tag-sasia","tag-sci","tag-show","tag-soci","tag-sofw","tag-srchen","tag-sustainable-business","tag-swit","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-tmt","tag-topcmb","tag-topnws","tag-us","tag-www"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}