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by bediger4000
5080 days ago
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If King wished to give his speech away I'm a little young to remember, but wouldn't most of the civil rights rallies been "open to the public"? Even if King gave away his opinions as a sermon to his church, I'd bet that attendance was open to anyone who cared to go. Isn't public oratory (a.k.a. "speeches") the most flagrant manner of "giving his speech away"? Shouldn't the question be reversed: if King wanted to sell his opinions, shouldn't he have avoided public oratory in which he gave away those opinions without getting an NDA or some other kind of license agreement with the attendees? |
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Are Paul Simon's songs in the public domain because he did a concert in Central Park? (No.)
"I Have a Dream" is definitely owned by King's estate. King actively registered the copyright on it. This wasn't an accident. There is no doubt he wanted to keep on owning it.