Pablo Soto (software developer)

{{short description|Spanish software developer (born 1979)}}

{{Infobox politician

| name = Pablo Soto Bravo

| image = (Pablo Soto) El servicio municipal de atención telefónica 010 será gratuito a partir de 2019 01 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Pablo Soto in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}}

| 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,{{Cite web |url=http://www.slyck.com/story1182_Manolito_Strikes_Back |title=Manolito Strikes Back |access-date=2007-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111046/http://www.slyck.com/story1182_Manolito_Strikes_Back |archive-date=2019-01-09 |url-status=dead }} 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{{Cite web |date= |title=P2P Forums • View topic - next beta? |url=http://www.p2pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=5966 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608144356/http://www.p2pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=5966 |archive-date=2008-06-08 |access-date= |website=www.p2pforums.com}} 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,{{Cite web |url=http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18927 |title=Slyck.com Pablo alive? |access-date=2007-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111015/http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18927 |archive-date=2019-01-09 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Grokster chief heads to Spanish P2P firm |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/grokster-chief-heads-to-spanish-p2p-firm/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017173437/http://www.cnet.com/news/grokster-chief-heads-to-spanish-p2p-firm/ |archive-date=2015-10-17 |access-date=2009-12-02 |website=CNET}} that has forced him to move in wheelchair.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/madrid/20150528/abci-sede-ahora-madrid-presupuesto-201505271916.html|publisher=ABC|title=Ahora Madrid se queda sin sede por falta de presupuesto|date=28 May 2015|website=www.abc.es|access-date=9 October 2019|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009143258/https://www.abc.es/madrid/20150528/abci-sede-ahora-madrid-presupuesto-201505271916.html|url-status=live}}

Soto later put his energy into {{Interlanguage link|Omemo|es}},{{Cite web |date= |title=Slyck News - P2P Writer's Block |url=http://www.slyck.com/story1475_P2P_Writers_Block |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223521/http://www.slyck.com/story1475_P2P_Writers_Block |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date= |website=www.slyck.com}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Slyck News - Where's Pablo Soto? |url=http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1397 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324071941/http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1397 |archive-date=2016-03-24 |access-date= |website=www.slyck.com}} 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.{{Cite web |date= |title=David Bravo - Caso Napster a la Española: reclaman a desarrollador de software P2P 13 millones de euros |url=http://www.filmica.com/david_bravo/archivos/007844.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624072050/http://www.filmica.com/david_bravo/archivos/007844.html |archive-date=2016-06-24 |access-date= |website=www.filmica.com}} He was acquitted on the charges of copyright violation in December 2011.{{Cite web |last=RODRÍGUEZ |first=VANESA |date=2011-12-19 |title=Pablo Soto, absuelto en el juicio de la industria discográfica contra el P2P |url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20111219/pablo-soto-absuelto-juicio-industria-discografica-contra-p2p/483419.shtml |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=RTVE.es |language=es |archive-date=2023-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810125329/https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20111219/pablo-soto-absuelto-juicio-industria-discografica-contra-p2p/483419.shtml |url-status=live }}

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,{{Cite web |date= |title=Software libre: la receta de Ahora Madrid para acabar con el "despilfarro informático" |url=http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/06/tao-tecnics-gestion-tributaria-territorial-y-t-systems.-72790.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613190557/http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/06/tao-tecnics-gestion-tributaria-territorial-y-t-systems.-72790.php |archive-date=2015-06-13 |access-date= |website=www.economiadigital.es}} and {{As of|2019|01|lc=y}} 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.{{Cite news |date=2019-01-09 |title=The digital activist taking politicians out of Madrid politics |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46799768 |access-date=2024-07-17 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030170604/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46799768 |url-status=live }} He renounced to his office as city councillor on 8 October 2019, after sexual misconduct allegations.{{Cite news |date=2019-10-08 |title=El concejal de Más Madrid Pablo Soto dimite tras ser acusado de acoso sexual por una compañera |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/10/08/madrid/1570567719_713008.html |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=1134-6582}}