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I've been sitting on a paywall-killer browser extension I wrote for a while... concerned about a potential CFAA violation from a big org, especially if I were t
by k_sh 9y ago
I've been sitting on a paywall-killer browser extension I wrote for a while... concerned about a potential CFAA violation from a big org, especially if I were to charge for it.
- s73ver 9y agoI mean, you are essentially charging others for access to something that's not yours to provide access for (paywalled news).
- parsnips 9y agoI think the word you were looking for was "Stealing".
- k_sh 9y agoOof, mea culpa - let me be clear, I would not charge for a circumvention tool, on moral /and/ legal grounds. That sentence was intended to allude to the original post's entry calling for "a more cost effective way to never see a news paywall again."
- kodablah 9y agoMake the extension generic and give away "rules" separately for specific sites. For instance, if it's just a "referer" header injector, just release it as that. And no, unless it's novel, don't try and charge for it.
- jrullman 9y agoI made an extension that does just that: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xray/dgkdfehohjdbmnldpcegekjakcdjlnkg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xray/dgkdfehohjdbm...