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Bharat Aawaz
AI Ingestion: The Threat of Statutory Licensing
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Indian newsrooms are confronting a critical challenge regarding AI-driven copyright reform.
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Publicly accessible journalistic content could soon become eligible for ingestion into AI training datasets under a statutory licensing regime.
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This regulatory shift would move the power of consent away from active negotiation to state regulation.
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The Bharat Media Association warns that this mechanism effectively reclassifies journalism.
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Independent digital outlets that rely heavily on reader subscriptions and contributions face severe threats to their sustainability if their adversarial reporting is freely ingested by global technology firms.
