http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/32859 2026-06-11T19:28:22Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33334 Title: Post-Human Creativity And The Evaluation Of Intellectual Property Justifications: A Sustainable Development Perspective Authors: Mazzi, F Abstract: In the age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), the foundational justifications for intellectual property (IP) are being strained by the rise of non-human creative agents. Historically grounded in philosophical traditions emphasizing labor, personhood, and social utility, IP law presumes human intention and moral desert as core rationales for granting exclusive rights. However, generative models-capable of producing art, code, literature, and inventions autonomously-challenge these assumptions. This chapter interrogates whether existing human-centric IP justifications remain normatively sound when the "creator" may be an algorithm devoid of consciousness or volition. It argues that this epistemological and ontological shift exposes the need for considering the role of IP theory. This chapter advocates for a normative reappraisal of IP theory in light of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, with their emphases on inclusive innovation, access to knowledge, climate action, and global equity, offer a values-based framework to assess whether IP rights for AI-generated works support or hinder broader social objectives. By engaging critically with theories of Lockean labor, Hegelian recognition, utilitarianism, and the commons, the paper explores whether post-human creativity calls for a re-evaluation of IP policies reconciled with IP theory. Ultimately, it posits that IP regimes are and have always been evolving to prioritise human flourishing. Rather than asking who owns AI output, the chapter attempts at asking how exclusive rights can serve the public interest in a post-human creative economy. This reorientation-from entitlement to responsibility-may be a turning point to align IP with the challenges of sustainable development in the 21st century. Description: This is a preprint version of a forthcoming book chapter available online at SSRN, date written: 25 October, 2025. It has not been certified by peer review. It is due to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2026. 2026-02-16T00:00:00Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33327 Title: A Comparative Study of Administrative Enforcement of Copyright Protection in China and Europe Authors: Wang, FF Abstract: Introduction: Social media platforms are now key spaces for user-generated content and video monetization. AI technology increasingly supports dispute resolution, including internal content claims, notice-and-takedown procedures and ODR services. AI can be applied in civil or criminal enforcement to implement blocking injunctions and facilitate alternative administrative blocking mechanisms. However, questions persist regarding the reliability and legal clarity of AIpowered content moderation tools in these procedures. ... Description: This paper mainly draws upon the author’s previous publication in JCL: Wang, F (2022) ‘Resolving Online Content Disputes in the age of Artificial Intelligence: Legal and Technological Solutions in comparative perspective’ 17 (2) Journal of Comparative Law 491-517. 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33303 Title: Exploring the legal, policy, ethical and practical implications of digitisation of botanical and fungal collections Authors: Dhanda, S; Lee, E; Livermore, T; Paton, AJ; Westenberger, P; Williams, C; Milliken, W; Nesbitt, M; Begum, N; Hudson, M Abstract: Societal Impact Statement: Dried plant and fungal specimens held in collections provide a unique asset to understand the natural world and inform conservation approaches. By creating freely available, digital images of these collections, these specimens can be used by more scientists from around the globe to ask research questions and apply new technologies. We consider the relevant laws, policies and agreements, which are required to ensure this process is equitable and sustainable and respects the rights of the countries and communities where material was collected. We offer reflections on these challenges, share learnings from three case studies and explore the roles of institutions and governments in addressing them. Summary: Collections-based institutions around the world hold an extraordinary wealth of information and knowledge through the specimens and associated information that they house. In recent years, institutions holding botanical and fungal collections have invested significant energy and resources into the digitisation of these collections to make them more accessible and better connected. Digitisation poses a wide range of legal, policy and ethical questions, relating to Open Access, Access and Benefit Sharing, data sovereignty and more. Overlapping policy and legal frameworks at global and, increasingly, national levels create a complex landscape, particularly as new technologies such as AI are applied to digitised collections. This paper reviews the roles and responsibilities of institutions, funders and governments in navigating these challenges, mitigating the risk of reproducing historical biases associated with these collections and ensuring that data can be accessed equitably. We explore three case studies—from the University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU) in Bengaluru, India; from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK; and from Manaaki Whenua, New Zealand, to offer insight into equitable approaches to digitising specimens and linking to Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous communities and use these to outline three options that institutions should consider to help navigate this complex landscape. Description: Data Availability Statement: Data sharing is not applicable to this article, as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.; A preprint version od the article is archived at EcoEvoRxiv (https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/12853/, 10.32942/X2K38Z), hosted by California Digital Library (CDL) on behalf of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE). It has not been certified by peer review. 2026-06-02T00:00:00Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33302 Title: BRAID researchers' response to UK Government copyright and AI consultation Authors: Sichani, A-M; Westenberger, P; Bryan-Kinns, N; Bunz, M; Collet, C; Heravi, B; Miltner, KM; Moruzzi, C; Townsend, BA Abstract: This response to the UK Government consultation on AI and Copyright was prepared by researchers in the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) Programme. BRAID is a UK-wide programme dedicated to integrating Arts and Humanities research more fully into the Responsible AI ecosystem, as well as bridging the divides between academic, industry, policy and regulatory work on responsible AI (https://braiduk.org/). Views are our own - as researchers/academics - and do not reflect those of our institutions, the organisations partnered with us in our projects, the BRAID programme as a whole, or other BRAID researchers. Throughout this response there may be varying views from the responding researchers, and we have flagged these where relevant, as well as points where there has been explicit agreement. Researchers who have not contributed to a particular answer do not take a view on that specific point. 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z