Key holding or allegation
The Madras High Court granted short-term interim restraints including the requested AI-related forms of use on a prima facie record.
Why it matters
Shows AI training/prompts entering the scope of Indian copyright injunctive relief, but with limited AI-specific doctrinal reasoning.
Facts
Claimant sought broad restraints against reproduction, adaptation, summarisation, scraping and use of its content as AI training data, source, reference or prompt.
Issues before the court
Whether interim restraints should issue against the alleged copying and AI-assisted uses.
What the court did not decide
Does not establish a general rule that AI training is copyright infringement or resolve available exceptions/defences on final merits.
Procedural timeline
Madras High Court
Ad interim order: Short-term injunction covered alleged copying and AI-assisted uses including use as training data, source, reference or prompt.