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	Brian Martin: Against intellectual property URL: http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/95psa.html ODP description: An Australian university gives a powerful case against "intellectual property" laws. Includes a long bibliography of books supporting the point. Page title: Against intellectual property, by Brian Martin Page description: Against intellectual property, an article by Brian Martin, published in Philosophy and Social Action, 1995
	Library Juice Copyright Issue URL: http://libr.org/Juice/issues/vol3/LJ_3.35.sup.html ODP description: A supplement to the weekly e-zine Library Juice from September, 2000, devoted to the political and philosophical issues of intellectual property, especially as they relate to libraries and the internet. Page title: Library Juice 3:35 Supplement Page description: Library Juice 3:34, 9/13/00
	Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project (FUP) URL: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/taxonomy/term/374 ODP description: Provides legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom. Page title: Fair Use Project \| Stanford Center for Internet and Society
	Intellectual Property at the National Academies URL: http://search.nap.edu/shelves/ip/ ODP description: A guide to the Academies' documents and publications on Intellectual Property and a forum to discuss ongoing work. Page title: IP @ The National Academies
	Copyright Law and Independent Creation Theory URL: http://www.bellsouthpwp.net/m/u/musicedu/case/index.html ODP description: Complaining that the law of independent creation allows the theft of music. Page title: Copyright Law.......Independent Creation Theory
	The Register - Sneaky Cable Crypto Scheme in the Works URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/22/sneaky_cable_crypto_scheme/ ODP description: Article exposing that the cable television industry is moving to implement a copy protection scheme that will allow movie studios and cable providers to control what viewers are able to record. Page title: Sneaky cable crypto scheme in the works \| The Register
	IPKat URL: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/ ODP description: Weblog covering copyright, patent, trade mark and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective. Page title: IPKat - news and fun for everyone!
	Information Liberation: Against Intellectual Property URL: http://danny.oz.au/free-software/advocacy/against_IP.html ODP description: A chapter from the book Information Liberation, written by Brian Martin. Page title: Against Intellectual Property Page description: Brian Martin presents the case against intellectual property.
	Roundtable - 98.09 URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/forum/copyright/intro.htm ODP description: An Atlantic Unbound roundtable on the future of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age Page title: The Atlantic Online
	A Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property" URL: http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/copying_primer.html ODP description: This primer provides a general framework for freeing any information covered under copyright and patent laws. Page title: A primer on the ethics of "intellectual property"
	Mid-Atlantic Infoshop - Against Intellectual Property URL: http://www.infoshop.org/aip.html ODP description: A page critical of copyrights, trademarks, and intellectual property. Page title: Infoshop.org - Against Intellectual Property
	IP-Wars.net URL: http://www.ip-wars.net/ ODP description: Examining, chronicling, and battling the censorship attempts of intellectual property laws. Contains user contributed articles and news feeds. Page title: IP-WARS.NET \|\| Forward command post for IP war freedom fighters
	Wired - The Eagle Is Grounded URL: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/start.html?pg=2 ODP description: Article comparing today's toughening of US intellectual property laws to help given to the US shipping industry 30 years ago, resulting in even greater losses for US firms, higher prices, and frustrated consumers. Page title: Wired 12.02: START
	The GNU Manifesto URL: http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html ODP description: The last name in software freedom...this outlines the reasons that "Gnu's Not Unix" produces free software. Page title: The GNU Manifesto - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
	A Politics Of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism for the Net? by James Boyle URL: http://www.law.duke.edu/boylesite/intprop.htm ODP description: Paper by James Boyle calling for reduction of intellectual property laws, to be achieved by political machination inspired by the environmental movement.
	Copyright: Guardian of Intellectual Property URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/cgi-bin/2-1.cgi ODP description: Guide to computer ethics issues and current news includes an introduction to the problematic copyright issues raised by digital media. Page title: Computer Ethics: 2.1 - Copyright: Guardian of Intellectual Property
	The Right to Read URL: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html ODP description: Richard Stallman's famous parable about the Right to Read, and what will happen if intellectual monopoly laws continue to grow. Page title: The Right to Read - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
	Free Intellectual Property Exchange (FreeIPX) URL: http://www.freeipx.org ODP description: A news and discussion site dedicated to critical analysis of the use, abuse, and relevance of IP Law. [Slash-style site] Page title: freeipx.org site welcome
	Intellectual Property Compensation Via Tipping URL: http://tipping.selfpromotion.com/ ODP description: Article that proposes (with case studies) that tipping may be a viable compensation model for intellectual property (such as music and books). Page title: Tipping - a method for optimizing compensation for intellectual property. Page description: A humble proposal for a payment method for intellectual property
	IP Future URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ipfuture/ ODP description: This group is organized to promote discussion of intellectual property laws worldwide. It is hoped that a network of interested people can come together to begin discussing a future for intellectual property law which balances the needs of people with the needs of intellectual property owners. Page title: ipfuture : Exchanging information about intellectual property and promoting critical assessment of intellectual property laws. Page description: ipfuture: Exchanging information about intellectual property and promoting critical assessment of intellectual property laws.