RTFA: http://techdirt.com/articles/20070829/155106.shtml
“No portions of this website may be reproduced or copied without the express written permission of the owner.”
And then goes on to selectively highlight or quote certain parts of copyright law. Of course, this is wrong. As I did above, you can absolutely reproduce or copy portions of this company’s website without the express written permission of the owner. It’s called fair use, and while many copyright holders want to pretend it doesn’t exist — it absolutely does. Quoting a small portion of a website, especially for the purpose of, say, educating people about fair use, is fair use at work.
IP law is totally twisted by so many companies, and for so many reasons that have nothing to do with copyright or trademark, at all.

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