DPIIT releases draft policy on AI and copyright, proposes new hybrid licensing model

DPIIT Proposes Hybrid Licencing For AI Training

In its working paper on GenAI and copyright, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed not allowing AI companies to train their models on copyrighted content for free, warning that this approach would erode incentives for human creativity and distort the value chain.  Instead, the body has signalled support for a hybrid statutory licensing model that would let AI developers use any lawfully accessed copyrig…

Govt AI panel backs blanket copyright license and royalties for GenAI training

New Delhi: A government committee set up by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed a new “One Nation One License One Payment” framework to govern how generative AI systems train on copyright-protected works, pitching a hybrid model that combines a mandatory blanket license with statutory remuneration for creators. In an executive summary released as Part I of its working paper on AI and copyright, the co…

DPIIT releases draft policy on AI and copyright, proposes new hybrid licensing model

New Delhi, Dec 9, 2025 The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has released the first part of its working paper on how India should address copyright challenges arising from generative artificial intelligence, Ministry of Commerce & Industry said on Tuesday. The paper is based on recommendations from an eight-member committee set up on April 28, to study whether current copyright laws are adequate and to suggest chang…