WASHINGTON: News that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), whose members include the AP and UPI, brought copyright infringement claims against a company for disseminating press packets has called into concern a practice as old as the PR industry itself.
Knowledge Networks (KN), a market research firm, had been internally distributing press packets that contained copyrighted materials from SIIA members, including the AP and UPI, according to an SIIA release. KN ultimately agreed to pay SIIA $300,000 for copyright infringement, ...