# Delhi HC seeks OpenAI reply on ANI plea to temporarily restrain ChatGPT from using its content

> India's courts are becoming an important venue in the global fight over AI and copyright, and a new hearing shows the pressure building. The Delhi High Court has asked OpenAI to respond to a plea from Asian News International, one of the country's largest news agencies, which wants ChatGPT temporarily barred from using its content. The request came as ANI appealed an earlier ruling by a single judge that had declined to grant it interim relief. At the heart of the dispute is a question courts around the world are now wrestling with, namely whether training and running AI systems on published journalism without permission or payment is lawful. News organizations argue their work is being ingested and repackaged, undercutting the business that funds reporting in the first place. What makes the Indian case notable is its setting. A ruling here would apply in one of the biggest and fastest-growing internet markets on earth, and it could shape how OpenAI operates far beyond a single newsroom's grievance. For now the court simply wants the company's answer, but the direction of travel is clear.

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## Wortins' read

India's courts are becoming an important venue in the global fight over AI and copyright, and a new hearing shows the pressure building. The Delhi High Court has asked OpenAI to respond to a plea from Asian News International, one of the country's largest news agencies, which wants ChatGPT temporarily barred from using its content. The request came as ANI appealed an earlier ruling by a single judge that had declined to grant it interim relief. At the heart of the dispute is a question courts around the world are now wrestling with, namely whether training and running AI systems on published journalism without permission or payment is lawful. News organizations argue their work is being ingested and repackaged, undercutting the business that funds reporting in the first place. What makes the Indian case notable is its setting. A ruling here would apply in one of the biggest and fastest-growing internet markets on earth, and it could shape how OpenAI operates far beyond a single newsroom's grievance. For now the court simply wants the company's answer, but the direction of travel is clear.

## Source

[Read the full story at Bar and Bench](https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/delhi-hc-seeks-openai-reply-on-ani-plea-to-temporarily-restrain-chatgpt-from-using-its-content)

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