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Re:Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn... by JS_startup on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @08:31AM (#3474803)
MLK's descendants have turned his speech and legacy into a commodity, sued each other, stolen money from his estate and setup businesses solely for capitalizing on the speech.

Something tells me they would not be interested in releasing the speech under the GPL.

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Re:Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn... by Newgy on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @11:06AM (#3475282)
Yeah, MLK's family has been unusually greedy. They even used copyright to demand money during the building of the MLK Memorial!

http://savannahnow.com/stories/102501/LOCmlkmemory.shtml

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