[sjsivak]

Maybe I misread the article, but it looks like the Fortune PR person never, ever states that TechCrunch is only supposed to post portions of the excerpts. This is the closest I could find:

> And if you don’t mind, once you’ve read the excerpts, please let me know if you choose not to post on one and not the other or both, which of course we would love.

Now, IANAL but nowhere in there does it say to not post the excerpts.

[devinj]

Copyright is reserved unless explicitly given. That is, what you have said may be perfectly true, and Arrington could still be in the wrong. All they have to have done is to not give him explicit permission.

[MichaelSalib]

Practically speaking, he is not in the wrong at all. What exactly do you think Simon&Schuster can do, sue him? Can you imagine going up to a federal judge and seeking an injunction for infringement for a guy who posted excerpts of a book that were already online? What exactly are the damages?

[jimbokun]

And I'm surprised so many here seem to be getting this wrong. Copyright law is very important for anyone interested in the software business to understand.