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Why do people upvote paywalled links? This post has 8 upvotes already. Why? Were those 8 people actually able to read the article somehow? Mirror without paywa
by FriendlyNormie 7y ago
Why do people upvote paywalled links? This post has 8 upvotes already. Why? Were those 8 people actually able to read the article somehow?
Mirror without paywall: https://archive.is/r1cXt https://archive.is/r1cXt
- marvel_boy 7y agoFT paywalls most of the news but not this.
- chewz 7y agoWhy is it legal to post on HN links to stolen content?
- vb6sp6 7y ago1. there are no internet police 2. no theft has occurred
- crmrc114 7y agoFair-Use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use This is disputed however, fun read here https://gould.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/ilj/assets/docs/25-3-Oberle.pdf https://gould.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/ilj/assets/docs/25-3...
- FriendlyNormie 7y agoBetween this comment and your submission history consisting almost entirely of FT links, you really aren’t trying very hard to conceal the fact that you work for FT. Why are links with paywalls even allowed to be submitted to HN? I imagine if I submitted dozens of links to my personal website where the only viewable content was a bunch of donation links, my account would be banned.
- crmrc114 7y agoGood Point, maybe we should just start flagging all posts that are pay-walled? Why feed traffic to a site and pay their advertisers when they don't want us.