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India Copyright Office Rejects AI System DABUS As An Author: Can Artificial Intelligence Ever Legally Own Copyright In India?

India’s Copyright Office has rejected an application naming the AI system DABUS as the author of an artwork, while finding that the work itself met the required originality threshold. The August 31, 2026 ruling draws an important distinction: AI-generated work is not automatically excluded from copyright protection, but an AI system cannot currently hold legal authorship or copyright ownership under India’s existing law.