Tag: 1957

The advent of AI has globally taken the art industry by storm. It has raised concerns surrounding IPR. This has led to unease around possibilities of AI using copyrighted works without authorization. The copyright laws in India are governed by The Copyright Act of 1957. The limited scope of Indian copyright laws has been slightly widened by the 1994 amendment, which recognised computer generated artworks as copyrightable. However, questions around authorship and rights arising thereof remain under ambiguity. This scenario has highlighted a lacunae in the Indian copyright system.