Dr. Alexander Paul Baratsits MAS
1991/1992 Upper Austrian Journalist Academy
1993-1997 Law studies, JK University Linz, 1. Section
1999-2001 European Management Programme (Arts&Media), ICCM/University of Linz (Master of Advanced Studies, MAS)
2002-2005 Law studies, JK University Linz/Charles University Prague, focus on European/International Law, 2. section
Master thesis on the implementation of Art 6 (4) of the EU Copyright Directive, comparatively in Czech and Austrian law
2006-2009 Doctoral Studies in European Antitrust and State Aid Law, University of Linz and WU Vienna
09.12.2010 Bar exam, Bar Association Vienna
2017 Compliance Officer (Austrian Standards)
2018/2019 Digital Transformation: From AI and IoT to Cloud, Blockchain and Cybersecurity Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019 Machine Learning, Andrew Ng Coursera/Stanford
2019 Data Protection Officer (Austrian Standards)
Professional functions (selection)
91-97 Project Management Art&Media Projects
91/92 Freelancer at Oö Rundschau (regional weekly newspaper)
Since 1991 Media activist, Founding member of the Association Freier Rundfunk Oö (1994), Co-Editor of book „Radiokultur von Morgen“
02/97-08/02 Founding Managing Director Freier Rundfunk OÖ GmbH, local Radio station which went on air in 1998 (https://www.fro.at)
96-01 Founding Chairman of the Association of Free Radios in Austria (https://www.freier-rundfunk.at/)
09/02-09/05 Project management, e.g. FM@dia Forum 2004, int. media conference Prague/Freistadt together with Thomas Kreiseder and Milos Vojtechovsky
2006-2011 Associate attorney @ Dr Georg Zanger, Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati (CHSH) and Bichler Zrzavy Rechtsanwälte GmbH
2011-2015 Attorney at law (@ Bichler Zrzavy Rechtsanwälte GmbH)
2013 – 2017 Legal Lead Creative Commons Österreich, since 2020 Chapter Lead Creative Commons Austria (https://at.creativecommons.net/)
05/15 – 06/23 First Legal Counsel @ Institute of Science and Technology Austria (https://www.ist.ac.at), implementation of Legal Department at the Institute
07/2023 – … Sustainability Manager & Legal Lead @ cba/Display Europe
02/2024 – Managing Director Display Europe eGenossenschaft
Since 2020 Founding Board Member Cultural Broadcasting Archive Association for the Promotion of Digital Communication (https://cba.media)
2021 Editor of book „Building a European Digital Public Space, Strategies for taking back control from Big Tech platforms“, available at https://irights-lab.de/publikationen/dps
Dr. Alexander Paul Baratsits MAS
1999-2001 European Management Programme (Arts&Media), ICCM/Universität Linz
2002-2005 Studium der Rechtswissenschaften, JK Universität Linz/Karlsuni Prag, Schwerpunkt Internationales Recht, 2. Abschnitt
Diplomarbeit über Umsetzung des Art 6 Abs 4 der EU-CopyrightRl, rechtsvergleichend in das tschechische und österreichische Recht
2006-2009 Doktoratsstudium Europäisches Kartell- und Beihilfenrecht, Universität Linz
09.12.2010 Absolvierung Rechtsanwaltsprüfung
2017 Compliance Officer (Austrian Standards)
2018/2019 Digital Transformation: From AI and IoT to Cloud, Blockchain and Cybersecurity Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019 Machine Learning, Andrew Ng Coursera/Stanford
2019 Data Protection Officer ISO-zertifiziert (Austrian Standards)
Berufsstationen /Funktionen (Auswahl)
02/97-08/02 Gründungsgeschäftsführer Freier Rundfunk OÖ GmbH, www.fro.at
96-01 Obmann Verband Freier Radios Österreich
09/02-09/05 Projekte, zB Projektleitung des FM@dia Forum 2004, int. Medienkonferenz Prag/Freistadt zusammen mit Thomas Kreiseder und Milos Vojtechovsky
2006-2011 RAA bei Dr Georg Zanger, Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati (CHSH) und Bichler Zrzavy Rechtsanwälte GmbH
2011-2015 eingetragener Rechtsanwalt (ständiger Substitut bei Bichler Zrzavy Rechtsanwälte GmbH)
2013 – 2017 Legal Lead Creative Commons Österreich https://www.creativecommons.at/, seit 2020 Chapter Lead Creative Commons Österreich https://at.creativecommons.net/
05/15 – 06/23 Legal Counsel bei Institute of Science and Technology Austria
07/2023 – … Sustainability Manager & Legal Lead @ cba/Display Europe
02/2024 – Vorstand Display Europe eGenossenschaft
Seit 2020 Vorsitzender Cultural Broadcasting Archive Verein zur Förderung digitaler Kommunikation (https://cba.media)