The main purpose of the foundation is to provide for the dissemination of The Urantia Book and to ensure that the text remains as unaltered as possible.
The organization maintains integrity of the text and authorizes specific translations.
[1] In 1995, a United States jury trial in Arizona found that the Urantia Foundation's 1983 renewal of the book's copyright was invalid.
[3] In 2001, a United States jury trial in Oklahoma again found that the Urantia Foundation's 1983 renewal of the book's copyright was invalid.
[4] However, this decision was upheld in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit,[5] creating a circuit split as to whether the English version of the book is considered to have entered the public domain in the US as of 1983.