| CODE__Campaign_for_an_Open_Digital_Environment An international coalition of civil liberties groups and consumer rights initiatives to protect the public's rights, innovation, and competition against the proposed European Union Directive on the En |
| Creative_Commons A non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright. Offering work under a Creative Commons license does not mean giving up copyright. It means offering some of an author's rights to any ta |
| DigitalConsumer_org A membership organization advocating protection of fair use rights in the digital environment. |
| EFFweb_-_The_Electronic_Frontier_Foundation A non-profit, non-partisan organization working to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, which opposes patents and copyrights as a violation of freedom of s |
| Electronic_Gift_Economies,_Inc_ A nonprofit organization supporting the creation, identification, use, and funding of digital nonproprietary intellectual works including free music, literature, and software. |
| GNU_Project_and_the_Free_Software_Foundation_(FSF) The organization that "started it all" in free or open source software. |
| Home_Recording_Rights_Coalition_(HRRC)_Home_Page An organization defending your freedom to make home recordings of music and movies. Did you realize the government's trying to take this away from you? |
| Intellectual_Property_Institute Promotes awareness and understanding of intellectual property law and its contribution to economic and social welfare, through research to provide knowledge to industry, policy makers, professionals a |
| Intellectual_Property_Rights_-_Training_Database Maintained by agencies of the United States Government and industry associations who claim to provide training and technical assistance relating to protecting IPR. |
| International_Intellectual_Property_Institute Not-for-profit corporation claiming to support the use of intellectual property as a tool for economic growth, particularly in developing countries. Promotes strong intellectual property regimes and i |
| IP_Justice An international civil liberties group working to promote balanced intellectual property laws. |
| The_League_for_Programming_Freedom Software patents and user interface copyrights harm programmers, and this organization is dedicated to stopping it. |
| Liber_|_Free_the_Books_Campaign An organization protecting you from Big Government's attempts to keep information away from you even longer after the author's death. |
| New_Yorkers_for_Fair_Use Fair use political action group of the NYC metro area. |
| New_Yorkers_for_Protecting_Fair_Use_of_Copyrighted_Material An activist organization promoting balanced copyright in the digital age by protecting the ability to use digital media technologies. |
| Open_Business Shares and develops innovative Open Business ideas built around openness, free services and free access. |
| Patentmatics Devoted to propagating the science, technology and management of Intellectual Property Rights in India and worldwide. |
| Public_Knowledge Washington, D.C.-based public interest advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the public interest in access to information. |
| Queen_Mary_Intellectual_Property_Research_Institute Aims to identify patterns in recent NGO activity at CBD COP, FAO, WHO, WIPO, WTO. Focuses on public health and access to essential medicines, and agriculture, genetic resources. and traditional knowle |
| Union_for_the_Public_Domain Non-profit citizens group, seeking to protect and enhance the public domain in matters concerning intellectual property. |
| Union_for_the_Public_Domain_(UPD) A non-profit citizens group with a mission to protect and enhance the public domain in matters concerning intellectual property. A membership organization acting as an independent voice on intellect |
| World_Intellectual_Property_Organisation_(WIPO) Promotes intellectual property throughout the world, and administrates various multilateral treaties. |
| Kansas_City_InfoZine_-_Personal_Technology_Freedom_Coalition_Created Industry, academic, and public interest groups support bill to improve consumer rights and protect technological innovation. (June 24, 2004) |
| APIG_inquiry_into_Digital_Rights_Management Details of the investigation and subsequent report by the UK Parliament's 'All Party Internet Group' into DRM systems in the music industry. Evidence was taken from campaigners and interested parties |
| Beyondthecommons Featuring a dissertation by Anthony McCann focusing on Irish music, copyright, and performing rights. |
| Boycott_CDs Movement urging webmasters to protest the RIAA. |
| Boycott-Riaa_com Organization rebutting arguments of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and writing critiques of the industry lobbyists' attempts to control music sharing and copying. With background |
| Canada_Plays_Neutral_in_File-Sharing_War Article discussing Canada's stand on file-sharing and the industry watchdogs. |
| Downhill_Battle Non-profit organization promoting a fairer music industry. News, links, and action alerts. |
| The_Droplift_Project Anti-copyright collective of musicians using samples from popular culture to create challenging and subversing audio collage. Information about fair use and copyright issues in music, along with free |
| File_Sharing_Doesn\'t_Affect_Films_and_Music_Sales Argues that P2P doesn't threaten music, musicmaking or musicians because sales are at all time highs. |
| Free_Music Supports the Free Music Philosophy, the idea that all people should have the freedom to copy, distribute, and modify music for personal, noncommercial purposes. FAQ, articles, suggested further readi |
| Grey_Tuesday_-_Free_the_Grey_Album Site organizing and then reporting on the results of the 24 February, 2004 protest against actions censoring the Grey Album by DJ Danger Mouse. |
| Piracy_is_Your_Friend A manifesto for musicians who want to make money in the new economy. Asserts that piracy is a phony issue that record labels are hyping in order to rip off artists. |
| Policing_Pirates_in_the_Networked_Age A professor of economics at the University of Texas at Dallas lists reasons why record industry experts failed to prove their assertion that Napster was gutting industry revenues. |
| The_Problem_With_Music Talks about how the monopoly grants (copyrights) have made the music industry so bloated and unproductive. |
| RIAA_Radar A tool that music consumers can use to distinguish whether an album was released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America. |
| Salon_-__File_sharing__Innocent_Until_Proven_Guilty An economist says music piracy should be hurting the recording industry, but it isn't, and he doesn't know why. |
| Salon_-_Can_Anyone_Stop_the_Music_Cops? As Hollywood wins one court case after another, one Republican senator is suggesting that maybe it's time for some new laws -- that protect consumers instead of entertainment companies. |
| Supporters_of_the_Real_Underground Underground music supporting community web site, featuring news, artists and music. |