The Delhi High Court's ruling in OpenAI vs. ANI declared AI training on protected content isn't copyright infringement, citing a fair dealing exemption for research. While laudable for its outcome, the author criticizes the court's reasoning. Instead of outright declaring training as non-infringing (akin to human learning and fact extraction), the court deemed it an infringement excused by an exemption. This creates legal uncertainty for the AI industry, as fair dealing is a defense, not a right, with limited geographic scope and a narrow interpretation. The author advocates for a clearer, invariant rule, not a precarious, conditional reprieve.