Jean-Baptiste Soufron

Jean-Baptiste Soufron
Jean-Baptiste Soufron in 2010
Born (1978-04-06) April 6, 1978
Bordeaux, France
Occupation lawyer

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, born 6 April 1978 at Bordeaux, France, is a lawyer and writer. He has been an advisor to the French Government and the former General Secretary of the French National Digital Council (2012–2015).

Career

Soufron graduated from La Sorbonne. He translated The Future of Ideas, a book by Lawrence Lessig into French. He was a consultant for free software and open source companies in 2006.[1]

In 2002, he was a co-founder of and the lawyer for Ligue Odebi, a collective dedicated to defend French internet users in front of the LCEN and DAVDSI bills. In 2004, he was a co-founder of and the lawyer for Audionautes, a nonprofit dedicated to defend internet users threatened by the music industry.

In 2006, during the presidential campaign, he worked with Michel Rocard as one of the authors of the Republic 2.0 report[2] for Ségolène Royal.

He was involved in Wikipedia at the beginning of the project, helping with legal matters before becoming Lead Legal Coordinator[3] and then Chief Legal Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation[4] (2006–2008).

In 2010, Soufron was director of the think tank of Cap Digital.[5] He has been writing on open innovation and digital culture in Esprit,[6] and on Internet politics in Dissent.[7] He founded several startups such as Amusement Magazine[8] and the review website nonfiction.fr.[9] As a journalist,[10] he co-hosted the live shows Minuit/Dix and Le Rendez-Vous on France Culture.

In 2012, he worked along with Fleur Pellerin, an advisor of candidate François Hollande, on the digital economy.

In 2012, after the election, he became Senior Advisor on Digital Economy at the Cabinet of the Minister of Small & Medium-Sized Businesses and Digital Economy.

In 2012, he was nominated as General Secretary of Conseil national du numérique (2012–2015).

In 2015, he became a partner at the law firm FWPA Avocats in Paris.

Publications

Jean-Baptiste is regularly featured in the press, and runs a blog in English and one in French.

He has published several public reports.

In 2005, for ETSI, he published a report on Open Source impacts on ICT standardization.

In 2007, for Ségolène Royal, he published the report Republic 2.0[11] under the direction of Michel Rocard.

In 2008, for Terra Nova, he published a report on the French HADOPI Law.[12] In 2017, for Terra Nova, he published a report on electoral fraud online.[13]

In 2018, for Terra Nova, he published a report on fake news.[14]

He has also participated in several books.

In 2005, he published the French translation of The Future of Ideas[15] by Lawrence Lessig.

In 2011, he published La révolution libertarienne des monnaies virtuelles[16] in Au-delà de la crise financière,[17] under the direction of Carine Dartiguepeyrou.

In 2012, he published 80 propositions qui ne coûtent pas 80 milliards,[18] under the direction of Patrick Weil.

References

  1. ↑ « Building a New IP Marketplace », Jean-Baptiste Soufron, IBM GIO 2.0, septembre 2006, page 2.
  2. ↑ Republic 2.0 report
  3. ↑ Election in 2005
  4. ↑ Wikimedia Foundation Resolutions
  5. ↑ (in French) Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Directeur du programme Think Digital Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ (in French) Abdel Bounane et Jean-Baptiste Soufron lancent le premier magazine haut de gamme dédié aux jeux vidéos. Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ nonfiction.fr
  10. ↑ description of Jean-Baptiste Soufron on France Culture website
  11. ↑
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ a report on electoral fraud online
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ The Future of Ideas
  16. ↑ La révolution libertarienne des monnaies virtuelles
  17. ↑ Au-delà de la crise financière
  18. ↑ 80 propositions qui ne coûtent pas 80 milliards
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