New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- A government committee set up to study how artificial intelligence fits into India's copyright law has not met since June, according to three members of the committee who told HT that the government's interest in the matter has since faded. A second working paper on the AI-copyright issue, which the government had told the media would be out by February 2026, is still not ready, said the members. The committee was formed by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on April 28, 2025. It was asked to look at the legal and policy questions around AI and copyright, and to check whether the Copyright Act, 1957, is enough to deal with them. When the first working paper came out in December 2025, the committee said the second would follow in two months. Nearly 10 months on, there is no paper and no new timeline from DPIIT. "The fizz has gone out from the government's side. They are not prioritising this issue," said one member, who did not want to be named. This member said the panel's last consultation was held before beginning of monsoon session of parliament. The first paper dealt with the use of copyrighted material to train AI models. The second was to look at what AI produces. Members said the discussions on the second paper covered who owns AI-generated work, who is liable for it, what counts as originality, and whether AI-generated work should get copyright at all. "Deliberations took place on the second part after the release of the first report, however they were sporadic in nature," said another committee member. Members said the committee met every two weeks when they were charting out the first paper, however the meetings on the second paper got sporadic. HT sent emails to Himani Pande and Simrat Kaur on October 1, but did not receive a response till going to print....