On-Line Subscriptions And Copyright Best Practices

Employees with digital subscriptions to newsletters or magazines can easily forward or print out the documents to share in the workplace, but they risk implicating the company in a copyright infringement suit by doing so. In one case, a research director at Legg Mason who shared a newsletter over many years saddled the company with more than $19 million in damages. A few best practices, including negotiating for institutional or group subscriptions, can protect employers from incurring similar penalties.