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Article: King Family Sues CBS For Using `I Have A Dream' Speech Film.(Martin Luther King, Jr.)(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- May 31, 1999
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Martin Luther King, Jr. would not have wanted his I Have A Dream speech used for commercial purposes without his approval, a King family lawyer recently told a federal appeals court.
The family, led by his widow, Coretta Scott King, and son, Dexter King, is asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rule that the famous speech is private property and that CBS News should have to pay for infringing on King's copyright by including footage from the speech in a ...