Groups and Institutions Worldwide Working on Intellectual Property Issues (by Country)
Argentina
Australia
- Electronic Frontiers Australia
- Australian Digital Alliance (ADA)
- Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
- Australian Copyright Council
Austria
- Quintessenz
- Verein zur Förderung Freier Software
- Austrian Association for Internet Users
- (VIBE!AT) – Verein für Internet-Benutzer Österreichs)
Belgium
Bulgaria
- Internet Society Bulgaria (ISOC-Bulgaria)
- Bulgarian Institute for Legal Development (BILD)
- Applied Research and Communications Fund
Canada
- Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
- Digital Copyright in Canada
- Electronic Frontier Canada
- Canadian Open Source Education Network
- Council of Canada
Chile
Denmark
Finland
France
- EUCD
- Association Electronique Libre
- French Speaking Association of Users of Linux and Free Software
- Association Pour la Recherche en Informatique Libre
- Europe-Shareware
- Association des Utilisateurs d’Internet
- Imaginons un Réseau Internet Solidaire (IRIS)
- Institut de Recherche en Propriété Intellectuelle Henri Desbois
- Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching
Germany
- Netzwerk Neue Medien e.V.
- Institut für Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software (ifrOSS)
- Chaos Computer Club
- Privatkopie
- German Unix User Group
- Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
- Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
- Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft (Fitug)
- Linux-Verband
- Deutsche Internet Society (ISOC)
- Virtueller Ortsverein der SPD (VOV)
- Stop 1984
Greece
Hungary
India
Italy
- Electronic Freedom Italy
- Net Jus
- Electronic Frontiers Italy
- Associazione Software Libero
- Italian Initiative Against Software Patents
Netherlands
- XS4all
- Bits of Freedom
- Vereniging OpenSource Neederland
- Institute for Information Law
- Centre for Intellectual Property Law
- Buro Jansen & Janssen
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
- Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility – Spain (CPSR-ES)
- Asociación de Usuarios Españoles de GNU/Linux
- Kriptopolis
Sweden
Switzerland
- Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG)
- Swiss Open Systems User Group (SOSUG)
- Linux Users Group Switzerland (LUGS)
- Associazione di Diritto Informatico della Svizzera Italiana (ADISI)
- Association of the Swiss Campaign for the Use of Free Software in Public Adiministration
- Swiss Civil Society Platform for the World Summit on Information Society
United Kingdom
- Campaign for Digital Rights
- Foundation for Information Policy Research
- UK Commission on Intellectual Property Rights
- Association For Free Software
- Lonix – The London Linux User Group
- Internet Freedom
United States
- Union for the Public Domain (UPD)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- Digital Consumer
- Center for Public Domain
- Anti-DMCA
- Digital Future Coalition
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- Creative Commons
- Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University School of Law
- Stanford Center for Internet and Society
- Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
- Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
- Protect Fair Use
- Chilling Effects Project
- First Amendment Project
- Pubic Knowledge
- Public Citizen
- Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech)
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Future of Music Coalition
- Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC)
- Free Expression Policy Project
- Intellectual Property Society
- Free Information Property Exchange
- EFF-Austin
- Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
- Consumers Electronics Association (CEA)
- Net Action
- Privacy Activism
- CryptoRights Foundation
- Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
- American Society for Information Science (ASIS)
- Association of Reseach Libraries
- Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- Motion Picture Industry Association of America (MPAA)
- Copyright Society of the USA
Uraguay
Europe
- European Digital Rights (EDRi)
- Free Software Foundation Europe
- EuroRights
- Openrevolt.org
- EUROLINUX Alliance
- European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
- European Copyright User Platform Copyright (UCUP) Focal Point
- Monitor EU Copyright Directive Status
- Vrijschrift Foundation
International
- IP Justice
- Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech)
- Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC)
- Internet Society (ISOC)
- Association for Progressive Communications
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
- Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)
- Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL)
- ICANN Watch
- AfrICANN
- Stop the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Treaty
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- South America Hipatia
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Last updated July 21, 2003