[In other words, their website encourages article sharing. This sounds like entrapment.]
You should snapshot te page. It isn’t entrapment, but it surely weakens their case.
Why did they think a lawsuit was necessary when they could have simply asked?
I’ve been reading up and it seems that all of this paper’s copyrights were purchased from this one tech company that is solely in the business of suing for infringement.
In other words, the paper doesn’t own the right to their copyrights for the articles in question.
It may not be entrapment but it could be extortion.