I just ran across this thread from a search, and thought I'd add, for future reference, that @ComplexPoint creates a RTF hyperlink in AppleScript in this post:
Select a para or two on a web page, and try this. It puts RTF, including a hyperlink to the source, into the clipboard.
A rough indicative draft. I leave two things as an exercise for the reader : -)
Add a bit of CSS to get the font and style you want
Encode any special characters in the copied text as HTML entities
( I know you're still holding off on Yosemite, so I've sketched it in Applescript. JavaScript is probably the more obvious tool to reach for with this kind of thing.
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