Speculation about interpretation and motives notwithstanding: Not knowing the ins and outs of copyright law and licensing is neither excuse nor reason to blow

Speculation about interpretation and motives notwithstanding: Not knowing the ins and outs of copyright law and licensing is neither excuse nor reason to blow up at a takedown request. Innocent mistake or not. The parody and citation exemptions would presumably not allow verbatim lifting of large sections of prose, though. (presumably hence "may") Based on the thread following the initial reaction they probably both owe each other an apology.