Carlo Piana

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Not to be confused with Brazilian musician Carlo Pianta.
Carlo Piana
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Born (1968-09-25) 25 September 1968 (age 52)
Omegna (VB), Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationLawyer, free software advocate
Known forFree software advocacy, antitrust activities, open standards

Carlo Piana is a lawyer by training and a free software advocate. A qualified attorney in Italy, Piana has been practicing IT law since 1995, focusing his practice on software, technology, standardization, data protection and digital liberties in general,[1] and serves as external general counsel to the Free Software Foundation Europe ("FSFE").

Piana has been involved in some of the cornerstone legal cases in Europe, such as the long-running antitrust battle between the EU Commission and Microsoft,[2][3] where he represents both the FSFE and the Samba Team, the standardization of OOXML at ISO/IEC, and more recently defending Oracle[4][5] in its attempted acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Piana is a member of the Editorial Committee of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review ("IFOSS L. rev.")[6] and is member of the board of directors of the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation.[7]

In 2008 he established a freelance consulting practice on IT law, where he leads a small group of IT lawyers named Array.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Areas of practice". Piana.eu. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ Kanter, James (29 April 2006). "Band of Activists in Europe Holds the Line in the Case Against Microsoft". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ Voice, European (21 May 2008). "Microsoft's new battle with old enemy". POLITICO. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Carlo Piana, Europe's Free Software legal hero, joins as Oracle co-counsel - OpenLife.cc". openlife.cc. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Groklaw - Reasons I Believe the Community Should Support the Oracle-Sun Deal - Updated 3Xs". www.groklaw.net. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. ^ "International Free and Open Source Software Law Review". ifosslr.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. ^ "protocolfreedom.org - Diese Website steht zum Verkauf! - Informationen zum Thema protocolfreedom". protocolfreedom.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. ^ megaroot. "Home". Array.eu. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

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