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It's not perfect but I'd much prefer this plaintext than that garbage website any day: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/anonymous/2a3fda72943396ac11b1/raw/a52

It's not perfect but I'd much prefer this plaintext than that garbage website any day: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/anonymous/2a3fda72943396ac11b1/raw/a52e4bc82154c444bd1bdc61f01b78ca6c445976/gistfile1.txt https://gist.githubusercontent.com/anonymous/2a3fda72943396a...

fabulist 11y ago
For those ctrl+f'ing for "non-paywall", see above.
- Bud 11y ago
  Or, just click on the "web" link, right before the article title, at the top of this comment page. This functionality is built-in to Hacker News.
  - fabulist 11y ago
    Some of us have ethical issues with Google, and prefer not to give them traffic.
hackuser 11y ago
IMHO it's not fair to the website, no matter how poorly designed, to appropriate their content.
- rtl49 11y ago
  I would agree the reproduction is quite possibly a violation of copyright, but this isn't an "appropriation." It isn't as though the OP has placed his or her ads around the text and seized revenue that would otherwise have gone to the original website. The intentions seem to be positive, even if society has deemed that the act itself is unacceptable.
  - pbhjpbhj 11y ago
    Just do it via Google, eg Google's cache, mass tortious infringement is fine so long as it's done through a major for profit ad business. [that's sarcastic but also seemingly true]
nmc 11y ago
Maybe Google webcache would be more appropriate than plaintext: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fD4utplPmmMJ:www.therecorder.com/id%3D1202742595279/Defense-Claims-Courthouse-Was-Illegally-Bugged+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fr http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fD4utpl...
icebraining 11y ago
Here's a version with decent formatting: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/andreparames/8a908527721a3f196831/raw/83741ea9cb749ee5a0deae9f63ff571d6ec85f16/gistfile1.txt https://gist.githubusercontent.com/andreparames/8a908527721a...

fabulist 11y ago

For those ctrl+f'ing for "non-paywall", see above.

Bud 11y ago
Or, just click on the "web" link, right before the article title, at the top of this comment page. This functionality is built-in to Hacker News.
- fabulist 11y ago
  Some of us have ethical issues with Google, and prefer not to give them traffic.

hackuser 11y ago

IMHO it's not fair to the website, no matter how poorly designed, to appropriate their content.

rtl49 11y ago
I would agree the reproduction is quite possibly a violation of copyright, but this isn't an "appropriation." It isn't as though the OP has placed his or her ads around the text and seized revenue that would otherwise have gone to the original website. The intentions seem to be positive, even if society has deemed that the act itself is unacceptable.
- pbhjpbhj 11y ago
  Just do it via Google, eg Google's cache, mass tortious infringement is fine so long as it's done through a major for profit ad business. [that's sarcastic but also seemingly true]

nmc 11y ago

Maybe Google webcache would be more appropriate than plaintext: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fD4utplPmmMJ:www.therecorder.com/id%3D1202742595279/Defense-Claims-Courthouse-Was-Illegally-Bugged+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fr http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fD4utpl...

icebraining 11y ago

Here's a version with decent formatting: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/andreparames/8a908527721a3f196831/raw/83741ea9cb749ee5a0deae9f63ff571d6ec85f16/gistfile1.txt https://gist.githubusercontent.com/andreparames/8a908527721a...