3 ms·
I remember hearing the story of how the text was written and at the last minute, as copies were being made, the lawyer for King added the Circle C and copyright
by Macsenour 13y ago
I remember hearing the story of how the text was written and at the last minute, as copies were being made, the lawyer for King added the Circle C and copyright info. Apparently the King family has benefitted financially by that last minute addition.
Frankly, I can't imagine a better way to reward Dr. King, and his family, for such an amazing event and turning point in our history.
It's not like the money is going to AT&T or Microsoft.
- nanidin 13y agoUnless copyright law has changed since then, the circle c doesn't matter. The way copyright works in the US, the rights to any creative work are automatically reserved for the author.
- Macsenour 13y agoI'm not an expert in copyright law by any means. I only recall the story I heard when the man who put the copyright information on the paper released a book a couple of years ago. I'm forgetting his name at the moment.
- mturmon 13y agoYes, this aspect of copyright law has changed since the Sixties. The circled-C symbol (or the equivalent words) were required before 1989: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law#Copyright_notices http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law#Cop...
- daeken 13y agoThis did in fact change since King's time. IIRC, what you say is true only after the adoption of the Berne convention in 1988.
- danielweber 13y agoThat changed around 1989 with the Berne convention to be the way you describe.