all that can be concluded from the evidence is that the scope of the San Francisco distribution is unclear.
At some point during the summer of 1975, after it became apparent that an interest for the Course was developing, Schucman heard from the Voice that copyright registration should be sought for the Course, ostensibly in order to preserve the form of the Course against the possibility of incomplete or corrupted editions. Schucman asked that the registration be in the name of the non-profit organization, the Foundation for Para-Sensory Investigation ("FPSI"), founded by Skutch-Whitson and her then-husband Skutch. FPSI was later renamed FIP, allegedly because Schucman did not want to be associated with anything that was parasensory.[1] Skutch-Whitson has been and is currently president of FIP.
Schucman orally assigned her copyright interests in the book to FIP and requested anonymity with respect to authorship. No written assignment was ever made, nor does written evidence exist of the oral assignment. Skutch, who was handling the paperwork and business aspects of FIP, did the work of obtaining the copyright.
On or about October 6, 1975, Freeperson Press published the Course in a four-volume softcover set with proper copyright
- ↑ For simplicity, the opinion henceforth will refer to FPSI as FIP.
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