My post was not directly aimed at you, more content copiers in general, although, yes, that would be you (albeit indirectly through a writer) in this case.
To be honest though, I think your partner’s attitude earlier in this post was pretty poor suggesting that changing a couple of lines of someone elses article/press release and then crediting it as your own would be fine and you would not be stopping this practice anytime soon. However, legal or illegal it may be I think its totally wrong.
If you copied something I had written changing only a couple words here and there and then had credited it as your own I would not hesitate to report you to the appropriate sources.
It’s always strange how it’s always a content writer who is no longer worked with who’s responsible; isn’t it?!?