Javier de la Cueva (

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, 1962), is a lawyer specialized in issues related to technology and the Internet. He graduated in Law and is Doctor in Philosophy from the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university loca ...

. He has defended numerous cases involving the use of free licenses of intellectual property.

Early years

In the beginning he enrolled at the

for a degree in law. Later he obtained a doctorate in Philosophy from the same university. He is currently working as a lawyer and professor of subjects related to intellectual property at the University Complutense de Madrid and at th
IE School of Human Sciences & Technology

Case Ladinamo

For the first time in the judicial history joins a resolution

Copyleft Copyleft is the legal technique of granting certain freedoms over copies of copyrighted works with the requirement that the same rights be preserved in derivative works. In this sense, ''freedoms'' refers to the use of the work for any purpose, ...

concept. According to Javier de la Cueva, had succeeded official record that there were artists who wanted to distance themselves from the policy followed by the management companies of

Copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, education ...

, relying on the use of alternatives to restrictive Copyright licenses. His objective in the short and medium term is to introduce the notion of Copyleft in as many judgments and possible administrative files as possible, consequently in the books of jurisprudence analysis. Only then can end the monopoly exercised in Europe entities managing Copyright.

Case Sharemula

Sharemula is a website which provided links to

P2P networks Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the network. They are said to form a peer-to-peer n ...

, and that his case was jointly defended by Javier de la Cueva and

David Bravo Bueno David Bravo Bueno (born February 20, 1978) is a Spanish lawyer specialized in intellectual property rights. He is well known for his strong defense of the right to make a private copy of copyrighted works, as it is explicitly allowed by the Spanish ...

. The hearing confirmed the thesis defense noting that bind to peer networks (P2P) is not a criminal activity.

Case e-barcelona.org

E-barcelona.org was a discussion platform on cultural policies founded by the artist and activist

Daniel García Andújar Daniel García Andújar (1966 in Almoradí) is a visual media artist, activist and art theorist from Spain. He lives and works in Barcelona. His work has been exhibited widely, including Manifesta 4, the Venice Biennale and documenta 14 Athens, K ...

, and was part of a wide network such as e-sevilla, e-valencia, etc. Vegap filed a impeachment against Daniel García Andújar as the ultimate responsible and administrator of e-barcelona.org for disclosure of secrets and copyright in 2008. Defended by Javier de la Cueva, the judge decides to dismiss the proceedings in May 2015.

Position before CEDRO

Javier de la Cueva refers CEDRO as the SGAE in books world, his fundamental criticism is based on the claim to a private association that appropriates scientific research in universities. This company manages the rights of writers and editors, calls on universities pay a fee for the material used in its virtual campus. CEDRO sued the university centers and demanded 5 euro fee for each student. Universities lost lawsuits because the reasoning used for photocopiers always applied, regardless speaking of virtual campus, which is completely different.

References

External links

Official Website of Javier de la Cueva

Official Website of David Bravo
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