Slog - Comments on Out of Respect for the Memory of Martin Luther King... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin ...let us refrain from judging his children on the content of their characters. In the third King v. King legal dispute in four months, two of Dr. King’s children are refusing to provide a biographer of their mother, Coretta Scott King, who died in 2006, with a collection of her photographs, letters and personal papers. Their brother, Dexter King, chairman of their father’s estate, has asked a judge to force them to comply. At stake is a $1.4 million book deal with the Penguin Group—as well as the reputation of one of America’s most famous families. Penguin said it intends... Copyright 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:38:44 -0800 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:32:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Scott Dow Dan, aren't you still on the 'el'?

]]> Scott Dow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172600 Books Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:53:09 -0800 Comment by Martin Luther Arschbomber I had a dream this afternoon, that all of my descendants would bicker over my effects and many want to cash in on my legacy.

]]> Martin Luther Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172629 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172629 Books Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:18:13 -0800 Comment by Information Please For what it's worth, if that's the same Barabara Reynolds that used to write a column for USA Today, she is one supreme, batshit wacko.

]]> Information Please http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172634 Books Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:24:11 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Deleted ECCE HOMO DELETED: Played Out

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]]> ecce homo Deleted http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172666 Books Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:06:00 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore my offer to donate $200 to No on Prop 8 if ecce homo is banned for life still stands. will anyone join me in this endeavor?

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172705 Books Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:50:13 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore she is, information please, she is.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172720 Books Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:56:29 -0800 Comment by Hoyt Clagwell Who are we to refrain from judging here? It's doubtful that the publisher and biographer are undertaking this endeavor for charitable reasons.

Penguin Group would presumably profit handsomely from this book--Don't the King descendants have a right to make sure they get a halfway fair shake for their participation?

Is it better that they be coerced into handing over personal effects out of "respect for their father's legacy" so that a multi-billion dollar corporation can make that much more money?

]]> Hoyt Clagwell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172853 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172853 Books Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:30:05 -0800 Comment by Sarah MLK: An amazing man. A man whose family should do everythign they can to make sure his memory is preserved.

But they don't. Instead, they charge PBS or any media who dare to use his image and soundclips without paying the King family first.

MLK had a dream. Thank goodness it wan't as mercenary as the rest of his familes is.

]]> Sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172901 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172901 Books Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:09:07 -0800 Comment by Kat Funny, I don't remember giving my dad to everyone else (Oops, didn't have one to give). I'm sure MLK's kids didn't either.
He was assassinated for being an icon of the civil rights movement. One would think that the family bereft of him as a father would have rights to his iconic heritage- including personal portraits.
Ever think that your family was yours, oh wait- it belongs to US.
If I had personal portraits of a father, the world felt as if they owned, I would be more the hesitant to relinquish them.
Could the book go on without the photos? Only if they have never been released. Much has been divulged already.
The other sibs can repay the publisher for photos they don't own. Period.

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172976 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/out_of_respect_for_the_memory_of_martin#c1172976 Books Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:32:17 -0800