Sharing King's 'Dream' | The Stream - Al Jazeera English

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@mayaazucena plz RT Happy #InternetFreedomDay. MLK Jr's call for racial justice should never be censored by copyright. http://vimeo.com/57653391Fight for the Future

On Friday, the video began circulating on?the web, mostly on Twitter. The online campaign coincides with the US federal holiday "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" which falls on?January 21, 2013.?

Don't let our broken copyright system stop you from seeing #MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech: http://vimeo.com/57653391 #InternetFreedomDayAlexandra White

MLK's ?I Have a Dream? speech is copyrighted, regularly taken down by EMI. Share it anyway: http://vimeo.com/57653391 #InternetFreedomDayviolet blue ?

Today is #InternetFreedomDay, 1st anniversary of the stop-#SOPA movement. New video from @fightfortheftr for MLK Day: http://goo.gl/OnTeBDavid Moore

RT @mon_mothma: Happy #InternetFreedomDay. MLK?s ?I Have a Dream? speech is copyrighted. Share it anyway. http://vimeo.com/57653391Patricia

Internet Freedom activists say the campaign is in line with King's calls for civil disobedience.

MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is copyrighted. Share it anyway. Small act of civil disobedience for #InternetFreedomDay http://vimeo.com/57653391Fight for the Future

Happy #InternetFreedomDay ! Watch MLK "I have a dream" as civil disobedience against antiquated copyright laws http://ow.ly/gVWEnCynthia Zweier

Within 12 hours of being uploaded, the video was removed by Vimeo.?

Via VimeoAJstream

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been #CENSORED. Video honoring #MLK for #InternetFreedomDay has been taken down by Vimeo http://vimeo.com/57653391Fight for the Future

Thanks @fightfortheftr for posting MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. Truly inspirational. I'd share but it's been taken down because copyrightKimberly Mu?oz

What do you think? Should King's speech be copyrighted? What results will this campaign bring? Leave you thoughts in the comments below?

Source: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201301182153-0022491

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