[gnso-whois-wg] Statement of Interest

["Carlos Álvarez" <carlosalvarezc@xxxxxxxxx>]

1. Current occupation, employer and position.

I currently work for Sony BMG Music Entertainment; I'm the Legal & Business
Affairs Manager for the Andean Region (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Perú
- excluding Bolivia). I'm also a member of the Advisory Committee of Alfa -
Redi <http://www.alfa-redi.com> (AL Structure) and a member of the ICC's
Colombian Subcomittee on Electronic Commerce.

2. Type of work performed in 1 above.

I'm responsible for Sony BMG's Legal Department in the 4 countries that we
control from Bogota; in our area we must deal with issues such as relations
with artists and managers,  copyright, trademarks, trade law, criminal law,
computer law and others. I also teach postgraduate courses at several
universities in Bogota.

As a member of the Advisory Committee of Alfa - Redi I must give advice to
the Organization on issues related to cybercrime, copyright, regional
policies and the like.

3. Financial ownership or management leadership of registries, registrars
or other firms that are interested parties in Whois.

None.

4. Nature of your interest in Whois.

As a law practitioner in Latin America I find it a must to determine the
right balance between the need of checking WHOIS information and the need of
protecting data that should not be disclosed. With two concerns in mind
(security and IP protection) I believe there's a lot of work to be done in
the WG.


Carlos Álvarez C.
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia