▁who ▁tried ▁to ▁c ensor ▁his ▁talk . ▁ ▁Work ▁Cort ell , ▁a ▁serial ▁entrepr ene ur , ▁is ▁currently ▁founder ▁and ▁CE O ▁of ▁Kan ter on ▁systems ▁a ▁precision ▁medicine ▁software ▁company ▁whose ▁story ▁was ▁picked ▁up ▁by ▁Microsoft ' s ▁news ▁site . ▁He ' s ▁also ▁a ▁European ▁Commission ▁Member ▁of ▁the ▁Ex pert ▁Group ▁on ▁Vent ure ▁Phil anth ropy ▁and ▁Social ▁In vest ments . ▁ ▁Cort ell ▁has ▁founded ▁La ▁Res ist encia ▁Digital ▁and ▁has ▁act ively ▁co oper ated ▁with ▁the ▁Creative ▁Commons ▁and ▁the ▁FF II . ▁He ▁was ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Oxford ▁University ▁Society ▁Val encia ▁and ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Free ▁Software ▁Foundation , ▁the ▁Electron ic ▁Front ier ▁Foundation , ▁A I ▁( As ociación ▁de ▁Intern aut as , ▁mainly ▁in ▁Spanish ) ▁and ▁His pal in ux . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Spanish ▁newsp apers ▁reported ▁widely ▁on ▁an ▁attempt ▁by ▁Univers itat ▁Polit è c nica ▁de ▁Val encia ▁in ▁Spain ▁to ▁block ▁a ▁talk ▁by ▁Cort ell . ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁reported ly ▁picked ▁up ▁by ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁blog gers ▁and ▁Cort ell ▁res igned ▁from ▁his ▁post ▁at ▁the ▁University . ▁ ▁Cort ell ▁was ▁" inv ited ▁by ▁the ▁E T SI A ▁Student ▁Union ▁and ▁Linux ▁Users ' ▁Group " ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁talk ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁anal ys ing ▁the ▁legal ▁use ▁and ▁benefits ▁of ▁the ▁P 2 P ▁networks