>> So in my Yahoo example, given that the Yahoo pages and the charts
>> themselves all show the Yahoo name and a copyright notice, in theory I
>> should be free to include these on a web site or app, so long as I make
>> it clear they come from Yahoo.com (or whatever) and I don't deliberately
>> hide or obscure the Yahoo name and copyright notice.
>>
>
> That is my understanding, yes. It might still be wise to get permission.

This seems relevant from the European Court:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26187730

"The owner of a website may, without the authorisation of the copyright 
holders, redirect internet users, via hyperlinks, to protected works 
available on a freely accessible basis on another site."

I checked the website in question, and it seems the hyperlinks used give 
no indication where they are going. The page text does not include the 
link address, and the actual address is a local one to that website (I 
assume it gets redirected to the external site once you click it).

So this seems to indicate that you can hyperlink to any freely available 
content without any requirement to inform the user that what they see 
next is not your content.

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