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Business / Mon, 31 Aug 2026 Bar and Bench

AI-generated work can get copyright but AI system cannot be author: Indian copyright office

An artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be recognised as an author under the Copyright Act, 1957, the Copyright Office has ruled while rejecting an application that named the AI system DABUS as the author of an artwork.

An artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be recognised as an author under the Copyright Act, 1957, the Copyright Office has ruled while rejecting an application that named the AI system DABUS as the author of an artwork.

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