Responding to earlier complaints, I can only state that copyrights are the property of the client paying for unique market research. Obvioiusly, if the client purchases a report that was created for public consumption, the research firm would own the copyright on this secondary research. Otherwise, they have no claim to a copyright on the material.
If a research company client authorizes the use of their copyrighted material to a third party for a particular, limited use, the research firm has no jurisdiction over the use of this material.
I have run across this type of issue in the past and most legitimate firms do not argue the point. At a minimum the Richmark Group should issue a public retraction.
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