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How is this not theft? Journalism is expensive. Of course, there are other business models (full disclosure, we're building one too: https://blog.nillium.com/
by nillium 6y ago
How is this not theft?
Journalism is expensive. Of course, there are other business models (full disclosure, we're building one too: https://blog.nillium.com/what-can-napster-teach-local-news/ https://blog.nillium.com/what-can-napster-teach-local-news/) but circumventing a paywall is not the answer.
Yes, the NYT is one of the few outlets that is doing reasonably well right now. But many newspapers are going out of business, or at least furloughing employees -- employees who already were not earning huge salaries.
If you read the article, and they ask for money to let you do that -- then honor that request. Just because you can hop over a paywall doesnt mean you should.
- tengbretson 6y agoLoading a page and choosing not to run the code they ship with it is not theft.
- jaredwiener 6y agoEvading a paywall is.
- TremendousJudge 6y agoReally? What have they lost in this theft? The electricity needed to run the server serving the request?
- Spivak 6y agoYou don't deserve the downvotes. Just because the technical measures used to protect the content are weak doesn't grant you the right to circumvent it. Hacker-types always seem have this fallacy of "if I can do it, I'm allowed to do it. I understand it -- we're all hackers because we get joy out of breaking technical locks and using things for purposes they weren't intended and rule-layering digital systems. But just because someone uses a cheap lock it doesn't mean you have the right to break it. Who even cares about the copyright violation vs theft distinction at this point? They're offering access to their content for a price, they're not bothering with draconian DRM and so it's a dick move to just take it.
- tengbretson 6y agoDo you have some kind of obligation to read the advertisement sections of a newspaper that gets delivered to your home for free?
- Spivak 6y agoDo you have the right to modify your on-prem installation of Gitlab to enable Enterprise features you're not paying for?
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- catalogia 6y ago> How is this not theft? I call it peaceful protest.