A Bolian publisher who released the Doctor's holonovel without his consent, prompting a hearing on whether a hologram can own his work.
Ardon Broht is a Bolian publisher in Author, Author who agrees to release the Doctor's holonovel Photons Be Free. When the Doctor, upset to learn how hurtful his crewmates find the book, decides to revise it, Broht distributes the original version anyway, insisting that a hologram has no rights over what he creates.
The Doctor's challenge leads to an arbitration hearing held over a long-distance link with Voyager. The arbiter declines to rule that the Doctor is a person, but finds that he counts as an artist with rights to his work, and orders Broht to recall every copy.