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Check out the FAQ @ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html ... No and yes it's ok. > It's ok to post stories from
by itscrush 3y ago
Check out the FAQ @ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html ... No and yes it's ok.
> It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.
> In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic[0]. More here[1].
[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989
[1]https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=a...
- uoaei 3y agoHow gray of an area is 'technically unsanctioned bot posts article content as a comment on the HN submission page'?
- mschuster91 3y agoThat would expose the bot's operator to some massive liability, and I'd guess the mods would boot it with the first DMCA claim coming in.
- uoaei 3y agoSurely the HN moderators are not legally obligated to chase rogue bots on multiple usernames for unrelated third parties. It wouldn't be "spammy" so they'd have no need to react to it for their own moderation duties. The DMCA claims seem thin in any case especially considering SCOTUS's reaffirmation of Section 230. I don't think iterating through hypothetical legal arguments is very useful without the attendant analysis.