Acronyms and Abbreviations

General

 * DRM – Digital Rights Management/Digital Restrictions Management (see also TPM)
 * TPM – Technological Protection Measure (see also DRM)

Internal

 * DRC – Dispute Resolution Committee
 * ITWG – IT Work Group
 * MRC – Media Relations Committee
 * NC  – National Council
 * PR  – Press Release
 * PWG – Programming Work Group

Foreign legislation

 * CISPA        – Cyber Intelligence and Security Protection Act (USA)
 * OPEN          – Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (USA)
 * PIPA – Protect Intellectual Property Act (USA)
 * SOPA          – Stop Online Piracy Act (USA)

International agreements and treaties

 * ACTA        – Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
 * AUSFTA    – Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement
 * GATT        – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
 * MAFTA – Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement
 * TPP/TPPA – Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
 * TRIPS      – Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
 * UHDR – Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Domestic government departments and parliamentary committees

 * DFAT – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 * JSCOT – Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
 * PCJIS – Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
 * PC – Productivity Commission

Foreign government departments and committees

 * USTR – (Office of the) United States Trade Representative

Organisations

 * EFA – Electronic Frontiers Australia
 * EFF – Electronic Frontiers Federation (USA)

Rights holders associations

 * AFACT                                    – Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft
 * APRA – Australian Performing Rights Association
 * IFPI                                      – International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
 * MIPI      – Music Industry Piracy Investigations (now MRA)
 * MPA                 – Motion Picture Association
 * MPAA                                      – Motion Picture Association of America
 * MRA       – Music Rights Australia (formerly MIPI)
 * RIAA                                      – Record Industry Association of America

Other international organisations

 * WHO   – World Health Organisation
 * WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organisation
 * WTO – World Trade Organisation

Pirate Parties and Pirate Organisations

 * African Coalition of Pirate Parties – ACPP
 * African Pirate Party – AFPP
 * Albania – PPAL
 * Argentina – PPAR
 * Australia – PPAU
 * State and territory branches follow “PPAU-XYZ”
 * PPAU-ACT
 * PPAU-NSW
 * PPAU-NT
 * PPAU-QLD
 * PPAU-SA
 * PPAU-TAS
 * PPAU-VIC
 * PPAU-WA
 * Austria – PPÖ (or PPAT/PPOE for ease)
 * State branches are not locally abbreviated by PPÖ. However the following are acceptable according to PPÖ and are the official state abbreviations in Austria
 * Burgenland – PPÖ-Bgld
 * Kärnten – PPÖ-Ktn
 * Niederösterreich – PPÖ-NÖ (or -NOE
 * Oberösterreich – PPÖ-OÖ (or -OOE)
 * Salzburg – PPÖ-Sbg
 * Steiermark – PPÖ-Stmk
 * Tirol – PPÖ-T
 * Vorarlberg – PPÖ-Vbg
 * Wien – PPÖ-W
 * Belarus – PPBY
 * Belgium – PPBE
 * Brazil – PPBR
 * Bulgaria – PPBG
 * Canada – PPCA
 * Catalonia – PP-CAT (not a branch of PPES)
 * Chile – PPCL
 * Colombia – PPCO
 * Croatia – PPHR
 * Cyprus – PPCY
 * Czech Republic – PPCZ
 * Denmark – PPDK
 * Estonia – PPEE
 * Finland – PPFI
 * France – PPFR
 * Galicia – PP-GAL (not a branch of PPES)
 * Germany – PPDE
 * State branches are not locally abbreviated by PPDE. However the following are official state abbreviations in Germany:
 * Baden-Württemberg – PPDE-BW
 * Bavaria/Bayern – PPDE-BY
 * Berlin – PPDE-BE
 * Brandenburg – PPDE-BB
 * Bremen/Freie Hansestadt Bremen – PPDE-BM
 * Hamburg – PPDE-HH
 * Hesse/Hessen – PPDE-HE
 * Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – PPDE-MV
 * Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen – PPDE-NI
 * North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen – PPDE-NW
 * Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz – PPDE-RP
 * Saarland – PPDE-SL
 * Saxony/Sachsen– PPDE-SN
 * Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt – PPDE-ST
 * Schleswig-Holstein – PPDE-SH
 * Thuringia – PPDE-TH
 * Greece – PPGR
 * Pirate Parties International – PPI
 * Guatemala – PPGT
 * Hungary – PPHU
 * Iceland – PPIS
 * Italy – PPIT
 * Ireland – PPIE
 * Israel – PPIL
 * Kazakhstan – PPKZ
 * Korea – PPKR
 * Latvia – PPLV
 * Lithuania – PPLT
 * Luxembourg – PPLU
 * Malaysia – PPMY
 * Mexico – PPMX
 * Morocco – PPMA
 * Netherlands – PPNL
 * New Zealand – PPNZ
 * Poland – PPPL
 * Portugal – PPP (note: not "PPPT")
 * Romania – PPRO
 * Russia – PPRU
 * Serbia – PPRS
 * Slovakia – PPSK
 * Slovenia – PPSI
 * Spain - PPES
 * Sweden - PPSE
 * Switzerland – PPS
 * Tunisia (Slim Amamou) – PPTN-A
 * Tunisia (Forked) – PPTN-B
 * Turkey – PPTR
 * Ukraine – PPUA
 * United Kingdom – PPUK
 * United States – USPP
 * State parties follow “XYPP” where XY is the US Postal Service two-character abbreviation for that state:
 * Alabama – ALPP
 * Alaska – AKPP
 * Arizona – AZPP
 * Arkansas – ARPP
 * California – CAPP
 * Colorado – COPP
 * Connecticut – CTPP
 * Delaware – DEPP
 * Florida – FLPP
 * Georgia – GAPP
 * Hawaii – HIPP
 * Idaho – IDPP
 * Illinois – ILPP
 * Indiana – INPP
 * Iowa – IAPP
 * Kansas – KSPP
 * Kentucky – KYPP
 * Louisiana – LAPP
 * Maine – MEPP
 * Maryland – MDPP
 * Massachusetts – MAPP
 * Michigan – MIPP
 * Minnesota – MNPP
 * Mississippi – MSPP
 * Missouri – MOPP
 * Montana – MTPP
 * Nebraska – NEPP
 * Nevada – NVPP
 * New Hampshire – NHPP
 * New Jersey – NJPP
 * New Mexico – NMPP
 * New York – NYPP
 * North Carolina – NCPP
 * North Dakota – NDPP
 * Ohio – OHPP
 * Oklahoma – OKPP
 * Oregon – ORPP
 * Pennsylvania – PAPP
 * Rhode Island – RIPP
 * South Carolina – SCPP
 * South Dakota – SDPP
 * Tennessee – TNPP
 * Texas – TXPP
 * Utah – UTPP
 * Vermont – VTPP
 * Virginia – VAPP
 * Washington – WAPP
 * Washington, District of Columbia – DCPP
 * West Virginia – WVPP
 * Wisconsin – WIPP
 * Wyoming – WYPP
 * Uruguay – PPUY
 * Venezuela – PPVE
 * Pirates Without Borders – PWB