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Martin Luther King Sings

Did we ever figure out the public domain copyright status of MLK’s “I have a dream” speech? I would love to see a fifth fair use element added onto 17 U.S.C. ยง 107:

5. the effect of the use of auto-tune on the original copyrighted work.

We could call it the T-Pain-mendment. Holla at me, Lessig. I got big ideas.

Upon further review, I think I love these guys. Yes, auto-tune the news and history and all of space and time.

Source: ben

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