Associations and Organizations

• American Association of Law Libraries
• American Communication Association
• American Library Association
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues
  • Model Policy Concerning College and University Photocopying for Classroom, Research and library Reserve Use
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
• Association of American Publishers
  • Statement on Document Delivery
  • Position Paper on Scanning
• ACM Association for Computing Machinery
• Association of Research Libraries
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property
• Creative Incentive Coalition
• The Authors Registry - Authors Contact Directory, Registry Licensing Service, Automated Rights Payment System
• Business Software Alliance (BSA)
• Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI)
• Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
• Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems (CETUS)
• Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
• The Corporation for National Research Initiatives
• Council on Library and Information Resources
  • Statement on the Fair Use Doctrine
• Digital Future Coalition includes literature and press information.
• The Home Recording Rights Coalition
• Intellectual Property: An Association of Research Libraries Statement of Principles
• Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)
• Music Library Association
• The National Association of College Stores, Inc. and The Association of American Publishers
• National Writers Union
• Software Publishers Association (SPA)
• Society of American Archivists
  • Basic Principles for Managing Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment: An Archival Perspective August 1997
  • Copyright, Archival Institutions and the Digital Environment June 1997
• Visual Resource Association a non-profit organization established to further research and education in the field of visual resources and to promote a spirit of cooperation among the members of the profession. Site includes resources on copyright and fair use.
  • Intellectual Property and Copyright Resources
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • Directory of National Intellectual Property Offices
  • Intellectual Property Digital Library