Carlos Alvarez

Carlos Alvarez is 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 (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.

Member of the OPOC Working Group