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January 18, 2013 09:06 pm GMT

I Have a Dream Posted in Defiance of Copyright for Internet Freedom Day


As Friday marks one year since the Stop Online Piracy Act was shelved, some Internet activists are marking the date by declaring "Internet Freedom Day."

How does one celebrate Internet Freedom Day? Fight for the Future, an advocacy group that played a key role in SOPA's defeat, is commemorating the date by uploading and sharing footage of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Why is that a radical move? Footage of the speech is copyrighted by EMI, which has issued takedown notices several times after the speech has been uploaded to services such as YouTube.

Uploading the speech in acknowledged defiance of the copyright simultaneously celebrates Internet freedom…
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