AI Ingestion: The Threat of Statutory Licensing|

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  • Indian newsrooms are confronting a critical challenge regarding AI-driven copyright reform.

  • Publicly accessible journalistic content could soon become eligible for ingestion into AI training datasets under a statutory licensing regime.

  • This regulatory shift would move the power of consent away from active negotiation to state regulation.

  • The Bharat Media Association warns that this mechanism effectively reclassifies journalism.

  • 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.