This was precisely because they could not convince the judge that the site had a hand in directly distributing illegally copied material.

ECONOMIST: Internet piracy

Since I may not be able to print or even cut and paste from the document, I would have lost the information unless I copied it by hand.

BBC: Pencil and paper

While some posters are reproduced as prints, most are copied up to 100 times each by hand.

FORBES: Dictator Chic

Camerota copied the whole Rolodex onto a legal pad by hand and cold called the contacts until someone agreed to interview her.

FORBES: Finding A Mentor