5. The method of claim 2 : wherein the document is associated with licensing rights relating to the copying of the specified content; and wherein copying the specified content into the note region comprises applying to the note region a policy specified by the licensing rights.
2. The method of claim 1 : wherein the user input specifies content of the document at the indicated location within the document; and wherein adding the note to the note region in the note object comprises copying the specified content into the note region, the specified content associating the note region with the section of the document.