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Proposal prevents creators from withholding works, but calls for adequate compensation.

A working paper, released by the Indian government’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), has proposed a framework that would prevent copyright holders from withholding their works for AI training, introducing a mandatory blanket licence that gives developers automatic access to all lawfully obtained copyrighted material while requiring them to compensate creators for its use.
The paper, released on 8 December by a committee formed under the DPIIT in April, in effect recommends a hybrid model that would grant AI developers automatic access to all lawfully obtained copyrighted material for training, with creators receiving statutory remuneration through …
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