I guess I've viewed this situation entirely differently than everyone else - which almost certainly means I'm wrong - but the alternative perspective might be u

I guess I've viewed this situation entirely differently than everyone else - which almost certainly means I'm wrong - but the alternative perspective might be useful. 9to5 made some claims about instapaper being a "scraper", Marco is very sensitive about the grounds that he treads with regards to "Fair Use" - and, in an overabundance of caution (paranoia?) - decided that he didn't want to risk having 9to5 claim that he was violating fair-use by scraping their website, and so he put them in the "Do Not Scrape" list. What he may not have realized, is that it also appeared to a significant portion of the community, that he was "censoring" 9to5 because they were making claims against him that he didn't appreciate. The thing about one-man-shop entrepreneurs - they have to walk a very, very fine line between responsible business behavior, and accepting the status quo. The first is an imperative for any long-standing business model, but the second is death when they come up against any major obstacles (as every small venture does). I think Marco tripped here - hopefully he'll pick himself up, dust himself off, and move on to do great things. I'm looking forward to this new IOS 6 stealth App he's been working on...