Be Very Careful
InfoWorld – “Analyst firm Knowledge Networks has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a complaint that it distributed news articles to its employees without permission of the copyright owners, a trade group announced Thursday.” (via)
I’ve been doing a lot of educating on this issue for the past few weeks. Most don’t even realize that they are breaking copyright laws.
Of course, since the complaint was settled, there’s no judgment on whether Knowledge Networks was breaking the copyright laws.