Alberto Cerda Silva

LL.M. in International Legal Studies, Georgetown; Master in Public Law, University of Chile

Before arriving at Georgetown Law, Alberto was a researcher and tenure professor at the University of Chile and a legal adviser for several public services, intergovernmental bodies, and non-profit organizations on human rights and Internet regulation. His areas of interest are Human Rights, Computer Law, Intellectual Property, and Access to Justice. As a Fulbright Commission scholar, his doctoral dissertation focuses on challenges to human rights in the online environment facing copyright regulation in Latin America. Alberto is working under the supervision of Professor Rebecca Tushnet.

Publications

• Copyright Convergence in the Andean Community of Nations, in 20 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal (2012) (forthcoming).

• Beyond the Unrealistic Solution for Development Provided by the Appendix of the Berne Convention on Copyright, in PIJIP Research Paper No. 2012-08 American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. Link

• Protección de Datos Personales y Prestación de Servicios en Línea en América Latina [Personal Data Protection and Online Services in Latin America], in Eduardo A. Bertoni (ed.), Hacia una Internet Libre de Censura: Propuestas para América Latina  [Towards an Internet Free of Censorship: Proposals for Latin America], Universidad de Palermo (Argentina), 2012, pp. 165-180. Link

• Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights by Diminishing Privacy: How the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Jeopardizes the Right to Privacy", in 26 American University International Law Review 601 (2011). Link

• Armonización de los Derechos de Autor en la Comunidad Andina: Hacia Un Nuevo Régimen Común [Copyright Harmonization in the Andean Community: Through a New Common Regime], in 17 Revista Ius et Praxis de la Universidad de Talca (Chile) 231 (2011). Link

• El 'nivel adecuado de protección' para las transferencias internacionales de datos personales desde la Unión Europea [The "Adequate Level of Protection" for International Personal Data Transfer from the European Union], in 36 Revista de Derecho de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile) 327. Link

• Other publications http://www.cedi.uchile.cl/prof-acs.html