Should you take someone's content and deal with the consequences later?

Thank you David Spark for this week's content. We've been pondering this very topic:

by David Spark
"I started thinking about all the hot water Google got into with regards to the launching their different services, such as Google Street View, Google Books, and Google News. Google worked on each project, appropriated content that may or may not have been theirs to take, and then released the project, only to receive responses, “Hey, you didn’t ask me first if you could take that.”  Should you take someone’s content and deal with the consequences later?

David Spark will have more to say at the 2010 PINCShow, May 6 in San Francisco. If you want to know more - ask me.