http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/32859 Fri, 22 May 2026 11:45:58 GMT 2026-05-22T11:45:58Z 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. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33327 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: 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, to reduce the risk of reproducing historical biases associated with these collections and to ensure that data can be accessed equitably. We explore three case studies - from University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU) University in Bengaluru, India 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: This is a preprint version archived at EcoEvoRxiv 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.; Data and Code Availability Statement: N/A Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33303 2026-05-07T00:00:00Z 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. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33302 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33301 Title: Dr Paula Westenberger's Response to UK IPO Public Consultation on Copyright and AI Authors: Westenberger, P Abstract: This response to the 2025 UK IPO Public Consultation on Copyright and AI summarises some of the arguments made in the forthcoming paper Westenberger, P. and Farmaki, D. (2025) ‘Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Research: the Challenges in UK Copyright Law and Policy’. It addresses questions 5, 16, 28 and 29 of the consultation. It argues that the boundaries between any new commercial TDM exception and the non-commercial research exception must be carefully and clearly delineated, and that s. 29A CDPA must be clarified and expanded. It also flags that the heritage sector (in its full breadth and diversity) and researchers in such contexts should be taken into further consideration in AI and copyright policy. This response was produced as part of Dr Paula Westenberger BRAID UK (AHRC funded AH/X007146/1) Research Fellowship. Description: A version of the response is available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5185031 or https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5185031 . Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33301 2025-02-25T00:00:00Z