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UHi everyone,
I’m working on a project where I’m training an AI to teach students in India, the idea is to use books and coaching materials focused on competitive exams.
Since the AI is essentially acting as a tutor, guiding students through content, I want to understand if using these resources to train the AI would be considered data copying or copyright infringement under Indian law. I’m aware that these materials are copyrighted, but it’s basically teaching an AI after buying these materials.
If yes, are there any ways to legally obtain permission for such a use, or would it be possible to argue that this use aligns with fair use policies?
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ULawyer here.
You cannot train an AI model based on copyrighted materials. First because any use of copyrighted materials that allows you to gain monetary benefits require licenses or at least permission. Apart from legal copyright, there are other moral rights of the author that are at play here like the Author being acknowledged for their content. Once the content is generated by an AI, pinpointing a specific author’s content and acknowledging it is difficult so Authors hesitate to grant permissions for AI models. Numerous chat models are facing lawsuits all over the world, ANI v. OpenAI being in India. And though big corporations have the energy and resources to fight it in courts, it’s not very feasible for an individual.
The best way to proceed is to draft a permission request letter and approach all the authors separately to seek permission. It won’t come under Fair use but you have better chances at gaining permission because of the educational use.
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