Pablo Soto Bravo (born 1979) is a Spanish software developer. He was municipal councillor of Madrid from 2015 to 2019.
Pablo Soto Bravo | |
|---|---|
 Pablo Soto in 2018 | |
| Municipal Councillor of Madrid | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Spain |
| Occupation | Software developer, Former municipal councillor |
| Known for | Development of .MANOLITO protocol, Blubster, Piolet, and Omemo |
In 2001 he developed the .MANOLITO protocol, Blubster and Piolet - two peer-to-peer file-sharing servants. In May 2006, Soto released Manolito,[1] a third clone application, and new versions of Blubster and Piolet.
He apparently left the MP2P Community in 2004; subsequently Blubster and Piolet slowly began to lose their user base. By the end of 2004, when discussions on P2Pforums.com[2] were focused on whether or not he had left the community for financial reasons, it was known that he has a rare form of muscular dystrophy,[3][4] that has forced him to move in wheelchair.[5]
Soto later put his energy into Omemo,[6][7] an open source peer-to-peer software for storage space sharing (distributed computing).
In June 2008, Warner Music, Universal Music, Emi, Sony and the Spanish association PROMUSICAE filed a lawsuit against his company MP2P Technologies, demanding 13 million euros for unfair competition.[8] He was acquitted on the charges of copyright violation in December 2011.[9]
After the 2015 local elections Soto became a member of the City Council of Madrid with Ahora Madrid. He announced plans to promote usage of free software for the municipal software platforms,[10] and as of January 2019[update] is head of open government for the city. He has launched Decide Madrid, an online platform whereby citizens can propose policy for the city: a proposal supported by a number of users equal to 1 percent of the adult population is put before voters in a referendum.[11] He renounced to his office as city councillor on 8 October 2019, after sexual misconduct allegations.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Manolito Strikes Back". Archived from the original on 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ "P2P Forums • View topic - next beta?". www.p2pforums.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08.
- ^ "Slyck.com Pablo alive?". Archived from the original on 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Grokster chief heads to Spanish P2P firm". CNET. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "Ahora Madrid se queda sin sede por falta de presupuesto". www.abc.es. ABC. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Slyck News - P2P Writer's Block". www.slyck.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Slyck News - Where's Pablo Soto?". www.slyck.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24.
- ^ "David Bravo - Caso Napster a la Española: reclaman a desarrollador de software P2P 13 millones de euros". www.filmica.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24.
- ^ RODRÍGUEZ, VANESA (2011-12-19). "Pablo Soto, absuelto en el juicio de la industria discográfica contra el P2P". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Software libre: la receta de Ahora Madrid para acabar con el "despilfarro informático"". www.economiadigital.es. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13.
- ^ "The digital activist taking politicians out of Madrid politics". 2019-01-09. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "El concejal de Más Madrid Pablo Soto dimite tras ser acusado de acoso sexual por una compañera". El País (in Spanish). 2019-10-08. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-04-04.