India's news industry is suing and signing openai at the same time. openai closed content deals…
india's news industry is suing and signing openai at the same time. openai closed content deals with the times of india and indian express, reported around 5 million and 3 million dollars a year, while the digital news publishers association filed a copyright suit at the delhi high court.
journalism's price is being set in two courts at once.
Context
Verified source: The Times of India (Sep 7, 2026) reports a partnership between BCCL and OpenAI. Exchange4media (Sep 23) pegs the BCCL deal at about 5 million dollars a year and the Indian Express Group at about 3 million. Medianama (Sep 8) says financial terms were undisclosed.
Verified source: the DNPA joined ANI's copyright suit against OpenAI at the Delhi High Court in January 2025, per The Hindu and Hindustan Times.
The two deals match the reports, and the dollar amounts are exchange4media's estimates, since Medianama says terms were undisclosed. The DNPA suit dates from January 2025, so it is an older case that continued during the deals, not a new filing. 'Priced in two courts' is the author's opinion.
Watch next
- Check the Delhi High Court docket for the current hearing status.
Sources
- BCCL, OpenAI strike partnership, The Times of Indiatimesofindia.indiatimes.com
- OpenAI's TOI and IE deals spark wider interest among news publishers, Exchange4mediaexchange4media.com
- Times of India publisher partners with OpenAI on news, Medianamamedianama.com
- Online news publishers join copyright suit in Delhi High Court against OpenAI, The Hinduthehindu.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 24 September 2026 at 10:55 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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