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No it isn't. Just because someone mentions a company name or trademark does not constitute copyright or trademark infringement. According to U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, Chapter 1, §107) it states the following: "Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright."1 In regards to Investigative Reports and articles, the claim is criticism and comment. If your company is part of a post by a user of the community forums, then that user may claim the same. Furthermore, KnowNothing.Net, Nicholas Hillebran, et al are not responsible for the content on the community forums. This is per the Communications Decency Act (USC Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, Part I, §230(c)(1)), which states: "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."2 References
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