The Dilemma of Copyright Law and Artificial Intelligence in India

The rising potential and versatility of the technology of Artificial Intelligence, they are no strangers to their capacity of creating autonomous works. This raises a concern regarding their implications on the Intellectual Property Right of copyright available for their work. This article explores the possibility of assigning of ‘authorship’ as under the understanding of Copyright laws. Along with the factum of originality, as required by the copyright laws, in such creations. The creative works of music and Arts have been stressed to deliberate upon the same. Drawing inspiration from the jurisdictions across the globe that have proffered a stance regarding the incorporation of the technology into their legal regimes, this paper endeavours to contemplate the possibility of assigning ownership to the AI technology in the Indian legal framework. Nonetheless furthering the debate regarding the essence of copyright laws and the suitability and the possibility of making copyrights available to AI technology. It should be noted here that Artificial Intelligence has been used as a broad category and the author intends to touch upon the specific forms of this technology, being algorithms, blockchains and/or others. The author discusses the traditional Indian copyright laws and the possibility of incorporation, not forgetting to send out a word of caution in the event altered interpretations seem desirable.