It is perfectly OK to quote a small portion of an article, then provide a link to the whole article. The issue rests on the definition of ‘small’. TMF often errs on the side of caution, much to the angst of us members (yes, I am also a member. My “TMF” designation comes from my role as a Fool One guide, but I act as a representative of One members back to TMF).
If you quote all, or a substantial portion of the article, you are going beyond “fair use”. The legal concept is designed to encourage you to click on through to the actual article, thus ‘rewarding’ the author/owner of the copyright. If we just copy the juicy parts here, enough so a reader doesn’t need to click through, we really are stealing IP.
That makes a lot of sense, Tiptree, thank you for the clarification.