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The ignorance concerning what is or is not protected by copyright law in the U.S.A. is running rampant. The laws are very imprecise in practice and practically impossible to enforce unless there is a demonstrably clear intent to appropriate the work of another for one's own benefit through supplying that which was appropriated to a third party. The printed material from our national [small generic n] Parkinson's organizations usually has the copyright symbol and/or written copyright statement attached. One of the main purposes of our organizations is the dissemination of information. Copyright is usually intended to do exactly the opposite. I questioned a major PD organization about this and was told that the copyright was put in their publications to keep people from supplying misinformation which might be created by quoting something out of context. Copyright laws clearly allow almost no protection against anyone quoting a sentence or two from any source [with or without copyright] , with or without permission for commercial or non-profit use. The result is exactly the opposite of their stated intention. Will