| Info | Acronym |
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| gTLD: .com, .info, .net, .org | |
| IGF, multi-stakeholder forum for policy dialogue on issues of Internet Governance | |
| ACTA, Multinational treaty establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement | |
| IPv6, developed to deal with IPv4 address exhaustion, allows for many more devices and extra flexibility | |
| ISP, can be public or private | |
| WSIS, pair of UN conferences about info, communications and the information society, aimed to bridge the 'global digital divide' | |
| PIPA, proposed law giving gov't and copyright holders addt'l tools to curb access to websites dedicated to infringing or counterfeit goods | |
| OECD, international economic organization designed to stimulate economic progress and world trade | |
| | Info | Acronym |
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| Support civil rights, direct democracy, reform of copyright and patent law, free sharing of knowledge, freedom of information, etc. | |
| UN CSTD, gives General Assembly council on relevant issues through analysis and policy recommendations or options | |
| DRM, class of access control technologies with the intent to limit use of digital content and devices after sale | |
| SOPA, Bill intended to expand ability of US law to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods, punishes advertisers, search engines, etc. | |
| IPv4, fourth version in the development of the Internet Protocol | |
| WIPO, one of 17 specialized UN agencies, created to 'encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world.' | |
| DMCA, US law criminalizing production of 'stuff' that lets you circumvent controlled access to copyright works | |
| ICANN, responsible for teh coordination of teh global Internet's systems of unique identifiers and ensuring its stable and secure operation | |
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