Blue Mountain Center

The Creative Commons has developed web-friendly legal licenses to help people dedicate their creative works to the public domain — or retain their copyrights while licensing them as free for certain uses, on certain conditions. The goal is to enable greater access and sharing of creative works.

The Washington advocacy arm of the ALA tackles a wide array of copyright, Internet, open access and other issues relating to creativity and knowledge.

One of the leading litigation and advocacy organizations for the constitutional and consumer rights of citizens in the Internet/digital technology environment.

The Project, part of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, provides research and analysis on censorship issues (including copyright policies) that affect libraries, academics, Internet users and citizens.

Led by Richard Stallman since its founding in 1985, the Free Software Foundation is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The Foundation's GNU operating system and General Public License are key contributors to the success of GNU/Linux.