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Ask HN: Are archive.ph links essentially plagiarizing subscription content?
- layer8 4y agoYes, with the caveat that the articles are generally “you can read up to N articles per month for free (or more if we are unable to track you as a repeating visitor)” or similar. (IANAL)
- version_five 4y agoIt would only be plagiarizing if you took the content and presented it somewhere as your own without attribution. What they are doing is bypassing a paywall, which should clearly be the point of the links. You can decide if you have an ethical problem with that.