Worldwide associations, organizations, initiatives
- Creative Commons
- EIFL: Electronic information for libraries
- IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters
- OSI: Open Source Initiative
- WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
- WIPO Copyright Treaty
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
- WIPO SCCR: Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
- WTO: World Trade Organization
Europe
- Copyright for Creativity: Advocates to European decision-makers to ensure that copyright in the EU best supports creation, innovation, competition and the public interest.
- EBLIDA: European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
- EGIL: Expert Group on Information Law
- EUR-Lex: Direct access to European Union Law, including:
- Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (32001L0029)
- Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (32006L0115)
Africa
- ARIPO: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization
The Americas
- ASIPI: Inter-American association of Intellectual Property
Australasia
- National and State Libraries Australasia Copyright Group
Trade agreements
