IP Profile of Associations in EM

Research Questions

Are there associations in this field/market (business associations, university associations, professional associations) that are relevant for the IP debate in this field?

• Identify their policies, recommendations and/or best practices related to IP of their members

International Associations

• The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO)

  "The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) is an independent organisation established on the basis of the fundamental international copyright principles embodied in the Berne and Universal Copyright Conventions. Its purpose is to facilitate, on an international basis, the collective management of reproduction and other rights relevant to copyrighted works through the co-operation of national Reproduction Rights Organisations (RROs)."

  The Copyright Clearance Center is a founding member (see IP Profile of non-profit companies in EM)

National Associations

• Association of American Publishers, The (AAP)

  News article on response to second PIRG's study: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA500814.html

• Association of American University Presses (AAUP)

• Association of Educational Publishers, The (AEP)

• Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG)

  "U.S. book industry's leading trade association for research and supply chain standards and policies."

• International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)

  "A private sector coalition formed in 1984 to represent the U.S. copyright-based industries in bilateral and multilateral efforts to improve international protection of copyrighted materials"

  Press release: "Publishers, other copyright-related trade associations, submit annual intellectual property rights report" (http://www.taaonline.net/news/index.html#3)

• National Association of College Stores (NACS)

• Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)

• Used Textbook Association (UTA)

  "Leads the advocacy campaign for affordable textbooks and stresses the value of used textbooks for students"

State Associations

• Arkansas Textbook Publishers Association
• Kentucky Educational Publishers' Association
• Missouri Textbook Publishers Association

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