New Delhi, March 9 -- The copyright suit filed by top music labels such as Saregama, T-Series and Sony, concerned about the unauthorized use of their sound recordings by Microsoft-backed Open AI, reflects the broader challenges posed to India's music business. Entertainment and legal industry experts say labels which hold the rights to extensive music catalogues face the risk of their content being used without proper compensation or acknowledgement.

This threatens their ability to maintain control over intellectual property and profit from it. For musicians, vocalists, and songwriters whose works are used to train AI models, there is a risk of being denied rightful compensation. Additionally, artists may lose control over how their musi...