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| Born | Ronaldo Lemos da Silva Júnior (1976-03-25)March 25, 1976 (age 48) Araguari, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Occupation | Professor at theRio de Janeiro State University Law School |
| Known for | Creator of the idea of theMarco Civil da Internet/Member of theFacebook Oversight Board/Project Lead forCreative Commons Brazil |
Ronaldo Lemos (Araguari, born March 25, 1976) is a Brazilian academic, lawyer and commentator onintellectual property, technology, and culture.
Lemos is the director of the Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro (ITSrio.org), and professor at theRio de Janeiro State University's Law School. He is also a partner with the law firm Rennó Penteado Advogados[1] and a board member of various organizations, including theMozilla Foundation,Accessnow.org, andStellar.[2] He was nominated a visiting professor of law, Technology and Policy atColumbia University's School of International Public Affairs in 2017 and 2018.[3] He was appointed as a Young Global Leader by theWorld Economic Forum in 2015.[4] He was appointed in November 2015 as a fellow by Ashoka, a civil society organization founded byBill Drayton.[5]
In May 2020 Lemos joined the first cohort of members of theFacebook Oversight Board.[6]
Lemos was one of the creators of theMarco Civil da Internet,[7] a law enacted in April 2014, creating a comprehensive set or rights for the Internet in Brazil, including freedom of speech, privacy and net neutrality.[8] Because of its impact in favor of an open and free internet, theMarco Civil da Internet law has been covered by publications such as the magazineThe Economist,[9] theWall Street Journal,[10] theFinancial Times,[11] theNew York Times,[12] and others. It has also been called byTim Berners-Lee "a very good example of how governments can play a positive role in advancing web rights and keeping the web open".[13]
In July 2020 Lemos was appointed Visiting Chair Professor of Technology at theSchwarzman College atTsinghua University in Beijing, teaching the course "Technology Policy in the Developing World".[14]
Lemos was one of the creators of Brazil's National Internet of Things (IoT) plan. The plan was commissioned by Brazil's National Development Bank (BNDES) and the Ministry of Science, Technology, Communications and Innovation (MCTI). The study was developed by Lemos's law firm (PNM Advogados) in partnership with McKinsey & Co and CPQD. Lemos was responsible for drafting the regulatory portion of the study, encompassing telecommunications, taxation, data protection, cybersecurity and other legal issues pertaining to the field of IoT. The study was published in May 2018.[15]
Lemos is Project Lead of theCreative Commons Brazil,Creative Commons International (CCi).[16]
Lemos' academic qualifications include a J.D.,University of São Paulo Law School, a Master of Laws degree,Harvard Law School, and a Doctor of Law,University of São Paulo. In 2011, Lemos joined theCenter for Information Technology Policy atPrinceton University as a visiting fellow. In July 2013, Lemos joined theMIT Media Lab as a visiting scholar. He is also the liaison to the director of theMIT Media Lab for Brazil.
Lemos works with the Brazilian federal government on the implementation of its free software program. Lemos also works with the Ministry of Culture on the implementation of its digital culture policy, and was appointed by the Ministry of Justice to its electronic commerce commission.
Lemos is a founder ofOvermundo, for which he received thePrix Ars Electronica Golden Nica in the category of digital communities.
Lemos founded the Center for Technology and Society at theFundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School in 2003, and was the director of the center until 2013, succeeded by the former Brazilian Supreme Court JusticeNelson Jobim. He was a co-founder of the Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School in Rio de Janeiro in 2002.
Lemos worked in the 1990s at the law firm Suchodolski Advogados Associados, practicing technology, telecommunications and corporate law. He also worked as professor of Sociology of Law at theUniversity of São Paulo Law School and at the Brazilian Society for Public Law (SBDP).
He also worked from 2006 to 2009 as a curator forTim Festival, a large music festival in Brazil. In 2011 he wrote and presented a series of documentaries forMTV Brasil focused on technology and policy issues, called Mod MTV.[17]
He was nominated in February 2012 as a member of the National Council for Fighting Piracy (CNCP), a federal government body coordinated by the Ministry of Justice in Brazil.
He was nominated in July 2012 as a member of the Council for Social Communication, a governmental body created by Article 224 of theBrazilian Constitution. The attributions of the Council include preparing studies, opinions, and recommendations toCongress regarding matters related to communication, media, and freedom of expression. The council has 13 members. Lemos was appointed counselor by the Brazilian parliament, and his substitute is Juca Ferreira, Brazil's former Minister of Culture.[18] On 15 July 2015, he was appointed once again a member of the Council for Social Communications in Congress for a second term, and elected as its vice-president.
Lemos writes weekly toFolha de S.Paulo, the largest national newspaper in Brazil, and contributes to a number of other publications, includingForeign Affairs,[19]Harper's Bazaar, andBravo!. He also hosts a weekly TV show at Globonews, the biggest cable news channel in Brazil, calledNavegador.
He is since 2010 a curator of theItaú Cultural Encyclopedia on Art & Technology in Brazil.
Lemos is the host and screenplay writer of the documentary series about technology called Expresso Futuro, broadcast by Canal Futura and Fantástico in Brazil, and globally at YouTube and Globoplay. The first two seasons of the show were filmed in New York. The third season was filmed in China, in more than 10 cities. The fourth season was recorded online in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and interviewed personalities likeJeffrey Sachs,Stephen Wolfram and the Chinese Sci-Fi writerLiu Cixin. The series was awarded the Best Documentary Prize by theSichuan Television Festival, one of the largest in Asia.[20]
Lemos has published a number of articles, given public lectures and published four books,Comércio Eletrônico (2001),Conflitos sobre Nomes de Domínio e Outras Questões Jurídicas da Internet (2003),Direito, Tecnologia e Cultura (2005), andTecnobrega: o Pará Reinventando o Negócio da Mùsica (2008), andFuturos Possiveis: Mídia, Cultura, Sociedade, Direitos (2012).[21][22]
The 2007documentaryGood Copy Bad Copy includes an interview with Lemos, in which he comments on the BrazilianTecno brega industry andcopyright.
Publicly available lectures from Lemos include:
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