Why would it be wrong for a publisher to only allow subscribers to read articles? If that is the business model that works in the 21st century then publishers

Why would it be wrong for a publisher to only allow subscribers to read articles? If that is the business model that works in the 21st century then publishers should absolutely do it. The bigger question is whether or not users should only be allowed to run software the neatly aligns with the publishers' business plans (and those of other corporations -- video game companies, business software vendors, etc.). Personally, I think business plans should be based on reality and not based on courts ordering people to pretend that reality is something else. In this case it is not even hard for publishers to enforce their paywalls -- they can simply refuse to serve page content before the payment is made, instead of just asking the browser to not render the content (which is like handing someone a newspaper and then saying, "don't read anything until you pay!").