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Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/
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. |
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World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) - http://www.wipo.int/
Promotes intellectual property throughout the world, and administrates various multilateral treaties. |
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GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) - http://www.fsf.org/
The organization that "started it all" in free or open source software. |
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Chilling Effects Clearinghouse - http://www.chillingeffects.org/
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. |
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EFFweb - The Electronic Frontier Foundation - http://www.eff.org/
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 speech. |
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International Intellectual Property Institute - http://www.iipi.org
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 intellectual property enforcement. |
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Union for the Public Domain (UPD) - http://www.public-domain.org/
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 intellectual property issues. |
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Intellectual Property Institute - http://www.ip-institute.org.uk/
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 and the general public, in order to foster a legal, social and regulatory climate which supports an innovation-based economy. |
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Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute - http://www.ipngos.org
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 knowledge. |
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Conference on the Public Domain - http://www.law.duke.edu/pd/index.html
Duke University Law School Conference on the Public Domain site. Includes background papers, webcast, and other resources. |
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CODE: Campaign for an Open Digital Environment - http://www.ipjustice.org/CODE/
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 Enforcement of Intellectual Property. Reports, news, key dates and letter to EU JURI Committee Members in several languages. |
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Union for the Public Domain - http://www.cptech.org/legalinfo/updlttr.html
Non-profit citizens group, seeking to protect and enhance the public domain in matters concerning intellectual property. |
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New Yorkers for Fair Use - http://fairuse.nylxs.com
Fair use political action group of the NYC metro area. |
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Patentmatics - http://www.patentmatics.org
Devoted to propagating the science, technology and management of Intellectual Property Rights in India and worldwide. |
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Electronic Gift Economies, Inc. - http://ege-inc.org/
A nonprofit organization supporting the creation, identification, use, and funding of digital nonproprietary intellectual works including free music, literature, and software. |