- Urantia Foundation
The Urantia Foundation is a
Chicago -basednon-profit that provides materials, promotes events, and provides guidance associated with "The Urantia Book ". The foundation was founded in 1950 and currently has offices in six countries worldwide.Purpose
The main purpose of the foundation was to provide for the dissemination of "The Urantia Book". It published the first copy of the book to be made available to the public in 1955. Since then, it has also translated the book into a number of different languages.
Copyright and trademarks
In 2001, a United States jury trial in
Oklahoma found that the Urantia Foundation's 1983 renewal of the book'scopyright was invalid." [http://www.freeurantia.org/judgmentUF.htm Michael Foundation, Inc. v. Urantia Foundation v. Harry McMullan, III] " US District Court decision by jury that Urantia Foundation does not hold the copyright to "The Urantia Book"] This decision was upheld in the United States Court of Appeals 10th District," [http://www.urantiabook.org/archive/history/appeals_court_decision_031103.htm Michael Foundation, Inc. v. Urantia Foundation v. Harry McMullan, III] " US Court of Appeals affirms the jury decision that Urantia Foundation does not hold the copyright to "The Urantia Book"] and the English version of the book is considered to have entered thepublic domain in the U.S. as of 1983. In 2006, the international copyright on the English text expired.2006 Urantia Foundation annual report ( [http://www.urantia.org/pub/AR2006.pdf PDF] )]The Urantia Foundation placed the concentric circles on the cover of "The Urantia Book" and has a United States
trademark for that symbol. The circles are also used with foundation approval to indicate other affiliated organizations.Board of trustees
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Seppo Kanerva (president)
*Gard Jameson
*Marilynn Kulieke
*Judy Van Cleave
*Richard Keeler
*Georges Michelson-Dupont
*Mo Siegel References
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