Smithsonian Online and copyright tactic

I was doing some research on seatbelts and safety via Google and found an article on the Smithsonian's website that I wanted to send to a friend. I copied some text and pasted it into an email and the website automatically copied the link location and included that as well!

This is what I pasted:

No one can tally exactly how many lives Bohlin's three-point seat belt has spared, but the consensus among safety experts is at least a million. Millions more have been spared life-altering injuries.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Presence-of-Mind-Buckle-Up-And-Behave.html#ixzz0nuiRDmUi

Notice how Smithsonian pasted the link automatically, pretty cool. Simple way to drive readership to the site and an attempt to get credit for their content.  Give it a try!