Acronyms and Abbreviations

General

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

Internal

CC	Campaigns Committee
DRC	Dispute Resolution Committee
EC	Election Committee
ITWG	IT Work Group
MRC	Media Relations Committee (superseded by Press Team)
NC	National Council
PDC	Policy Development Committee
PR	Press Release
PWG	Programming Work Group
SMT	Social Media Team

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 (now ASA)
AMCOS	Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (with APRA)
ASA	Australian Screen Association (formerly AFACT)
APRA	Australasian Performing Rights Association (with AMCOS)
IFPI	International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
MIPI	Music Industry Piracy Investigations (now MRA)
MPA	Motion Picture Association (international)
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