Many students won't get to hear the famous speech--and most who do will hear only snippets, educators and historians said. It is because of the tapes are copyrighted, and schools often use text. And that, they said, is affecting the legacy of the preeminent civil rights leader, whose life is honored with an annual federal holiday...All of King's speeches and papers are owned by his family, which has gone to court several times since the 1990s to protect its copyright; King obtained rights to his most famous speech a month after he gave it. Now, those who want to hear or use the speech in its entirety must buy a copy sanctioned by the King family, which receives the proceeds.
-Washington Post
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