Pablo Soto (software developer) explained

Pablo Soto Bravo
Birth Place:Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Software developer, Former municipal councillor
Known For:Development of .MANOLITO protocol, Blubster, Piolet, and Omemo
Office:Municipal Councillor of Madrid
Term Start:2015
Term End:2019

Pablo Soto Bravo (born 1979) is a Spanish software developer. He was municipal councillor of Madrid from 2015 to 2019.

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,[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 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manolito Strikes Back . 2007-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111046/http://www.slyck.com/story1182_Manolito_Strikes_Back . 2019-01-09 . dead .
  2. Web site: P2P Forums • View topic - next beta? . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608144356/http://www.p2pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=5966 . 2008-06-08 . www.p2pforums.com.
  3. Web site: Slyck.com Pablo alive? . 2007-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111015/http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18927 . 2019-01-09 . dead .
  4. Web site: Grokster chief heads to Spanish P2P firm . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151017173437/http://www.cnet.com/news/grokster-chief-heads-to-spanish-p2p-firm/ . 2015-10-17 . 2009-12-02 . CNET.
  5. Web site: Ahora Madrid se queda sin sede por falta de presupuesto. ABC. 28 May 2015. www.abc.es. 9 October 2019. 9 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191009143258/https://www.abc.es/madrid/20150528/abci-sede-ahora-madrid-presupuesto-201505271916.html. live.
  6. Web site: Slyck News - P2P Writer's Block . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223521/http://www.slyck.com/story1475_P2P_Writers_Block . 2016-03-03 . www.slyck.com.
  7. Web site: Slyck News - Where's Pablo Soto? . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324071941/http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1397 . 2016-03-24 . www.slyck.com.
  8. Web site: David Bravo - Caso Napster a la Española: reclaman a desarrollador de software P2P 13 millones de euros . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624072050/http://www.filmica.com/david_bravo/archivos/007844.html . 2016-06-24 . www.filmica.com.
  9. Web site: RODRÍGUEZ . VANESA . 2011-12-19 . Pablo Soto, absuelto en el juicio de la industria discográfica contra el P2P . 2024-07-17 . RTVE.es . es . 2023-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810125329/https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20111219/pablo-soto-absuelto-juicio-industria-discografica-contra-p2p/483419.shtml . live .
  10. Web site: Software libre: la receta de Ahora Madrid para acabar con el "despilfarro informático" . https://web.archive.org/web/20150613190557/http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/06/tao-tecnics-gestion-tributaria-territorial-y-t-systems.-72790.php . 2015-06-13 . www.economiadigital.es.
  11. News: 2019-01-09 . The digital activist taking politicians out of Madrid politics . 2024-07-17 . en-GB . 2022-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030170604/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46799768 . live .
  12. News: 2019-10-08 . El concejal de Más Madrid Pablo Soto dimite tras ser acusado de acoso sexual por una compañera . es . El País . 2023-04-04 . 1134-6582.

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