Promotes intellectual property throughout the world, and administrates various multilateral treaties.

Free speech advocates say that the DMCA is an invitation to abuse by powerful copyright holders. [Associated Press]

The organization that "started it all" in free or open source software.

Information on piracy as well as tips on how to protect yourself against it. A good site for piracy beginners.

A project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and of several university law clinics. The project aims to counter the chilling effects of overreaching "cease and desist" notices of intellectual property infringement.

A detailed site offering several guides on backing up DVDs into different formats. The author also shares his views on the issue of DeCSS through informative articles.

A documentation of software patents focusing on Europe, patent data, article reviews, and news.

Non-profit organization promoting a fairer music industry. News, links, and action alerts.

Online exhibition exploring the impact of copyright law on free expression.

Background and legal analysis of Blizzard`s cease-and-desist letter, and reader discussion. [LawMeme]

Annotated interview of Jack Valenti by ZDNet ("Terrorized by File Swappers"), pointing out misinformation and calling him on his spin. [LawMeme]

Overview of press coverage of the Senate hearings. [LawMeme]

News and fable about the insidious dangers of uncontrolled "writing".

Vicious essay attacking the CBDTPA by Richard Forno.

"EFF doesn`t think Blizzard has a case and unless Blizzard responds with more information the code goes back up in 10 days." News, a satiric fable, and reader discussion. [LawMeme]

Dedicated to the freeing of the refereed research literature online through author/institution self-archiving. Provides free (GNU) software for self-archiving.

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 taker, and only on certain conditions.

A short petition text which was signed by more than 50000 people in Europe during the first few months of its existence and which rallied support statements from 200 IT companies and 1000 programmers

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 information, news, essays, and links.

Campaign website against software patents in the EU. (Different languages)

A tool that music consumers can use to distinguish whether an album was released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America.