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Request to truncate

The last 2-3 seconds after the applause are not needed. The first 25 seconds or so are quoted verbatim and discussed in the article I Have a Dream and, in combination with the speaker's cadence, audience's applause, etc. that cannot be reproduced by plain test, easily meet Wikipedia's non-free content guidelines. The last few seconds, not so much. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:46, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

I disagree. The trailing words serve the useful purpose of indicating that this is only an excerpt of the speech. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 03:05, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

How is this historic, important speech copyrighted? Can someone upload the full version?

How is this copyrighted? It's a speech, and sadly Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is gone. Who has the copyright? That sounds completely ridiculous, and probably even false. Someone should upload the full version, in high quality. And if someone does have it copyrighted (which I think is really wrong.) they should relinquish the copyright ownership and make it public and fair use. If this can't be done, when will the copyright expire? Then a full version will be available to everyone.2601:E:8080:7B:8114:ED71:9857:8F4 (talk) 02:41, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

@2601:E:8080:7B:8114:ED71:9857:8F4: You may wish to read I Have a Dream#Copyright dispute. That article indicates that the speech will remain under copyright until 2038. There was actually a lawsuit over the use of the speech without permission - see Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc., so it seems quite unlikely that the copyright owners would be willing to release it into the public domain. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 01:08, 2 December 2014 (UTC)