Permission to Quote Policy

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Urantia Foundation
Permission-to-Quote Policy for Educational and Commercial Works
November 7, 2008

Urantia Foundation authorizes anyone to quote up to 25,000 words in any educational or commercial work from a translation of The Urantia Book published by Urantia Foundation, provided:

1. That standard academic attribution is given to The Urantia Book where it is quoted.
2. That the following statement of copyright is prominently displayed in the first few pages of the work:

This work uses quotations from the ______________ -language translation of The Urantia Book published by Urantia Foundation, © _______ Urantia Foundation, 533 Diversey Parkway, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA; +1 (773) 525-3319; https://www.urantia.org; all rights reserved. The views expressed in this work are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Urantia Foundation or its affiliates.

3. That for every word quoted from the said translation of The Urantia Book, the work has at least one word that is not quoted from The Urantia Book.
4. That the work uses no more than 5,000 words in a row from the said translation of The Urantia Book. If you use up to 5,000 words in a row from this translation of The Urantia Book, then you should insert other written materials before using any additional quotations from the respective translation of The Urantia Book.
5. That the work does not revise, alter, or amend portions of the text of the said translation of The Urantia Book that are quoted in the work.