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Who owns AI-generated game assets in India? (2026)
Short answer: Purely AI-generated output: Unsettled. No AI-specific rule. Section 2(d)(vi) treats the person who causes a computer-generated work to be created as its author, but how that applies to generative AI is unsettled. (Secondary: Chambers practice guide.)
Checked 2026-10-15 · verification: secondary (based partly on secondary sources, labelled below). Not legal advice.
What the sources say
"Section 2(d)(vi) of the Copyright Act, 1957 separately attributes a computer-generated work to the person who causes it to be created. How that provision interacts with the requirements of originality and human creativity remains unsettled. (Chambers Practice Guide, updated Sep 2, 2026)"
What it means for your game
Treat as unsettled; document human input.
Copyright is separate from the tool licence. A tool can let you sell its output even where nobody owns copyright in it, and a free tier can forbid commercial use even where you would own it. Check both: commercial use by tool.
FAQ
Can I copyright AI-generated game art in India?
Purely AI-generated output: unsettled. No AI-specific rule. Section 2(d)(vi) treats the person who causes a computer-generated work to be created as its author, but how that applies to generative AI is unsettled. (Secondary: Chambers practice guide.)
What should game developers in India do?
Treat as unsettled; document human input.
Does this change whether I can sell AI assets in India?
Copyright decides whether others can copy your assets. Whether you may sell them depends on the tool's licence for the plan you used; see our commercial-use pages.
Sources
Other countries: United States · United Kingdom · European Union · Japan · China · South Korea · Canada
Cite this page
Asset Forge Index, "Who owns AI-generated game assets in India", https://assetforgeindex.com/copyright/india, checked 2026-10-15. Data is free to reuse with a link. Machine-readable versions are listed in llms.txt.
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