They shouldn't have used users to ddos someone's blog, but this seems like a one off attack against a perceived threat to the service's privacy. I don't condone that ddos attack, but it's been a very useful service over the years.
Is there a micropayment option or something? I wish I could friction-free, buy access to these sites al al carte without dealing with them directly or setting up a recurring subscription directly with them.
Copyright isn't being circumvented - the content of the website is made available for the public and the website just grabs what is publicly available.
Redistributing copyrighted content is the literal definition of copyright infringement. Using it for your own purposes, without distribution, is another story.
This link was posted with intent to facilitate the distribution of copyrighted material. The person who posted it justified posting the link by saying some people don't have a subscription.
I understand that some people think copyright shouldn't exist, but it clearly is being circumvented here.
I don't know why this is downvoted, it's the truth. NYT actually has a "gift article" functionality that makes it easy to share articles with non-subscribers.
You are 100% correct. I find the attitude that everything should be free a bit tedious. But then again, why does the truth have to be paywalled while lies are free. I believe it is a detriment to society that we cannot publicly find reporting. Yes I know now come the cynics who will argue bias. But that’s just a failure of reading comprehension, not fair reporting doctrine.
Stop using archive.today, they've been found to inject malicious code. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092006
Do you mean this? https://gyrovague.com/2026/02/01/archive-today-is-directing-... the malicious code wasn't injected, it was served with their captcha.
They shouldn't have used users to ddos someone's blog, but this seems like a one off attack against a perceived threat to the service's privacy. I don't condone that ddos attack, but it's been a very useful service over the years.
Here's a more functional alternative: https://pressreleased.alwaysdata.net/
Please understand that circumventing copyright makes it more difficult for journalists to make a living.
Is there a micropayment option or something? I wish I could friction-free, buy access to these sites al al carte without dealing with them directly or setting up a recurring subscription directly with them.
Best we can do is a monthly subscription, with every dark pattern known to man to prevent cancellation.
Copyright isn't being circumvented - the content of the website is made available for the public and the website just grabs what is publicly available.
Redistributing copyrighted content is the literal definition of copyright infringement. Using it for your own purposes, without distribution, is another story.
This link was posted with intent to facilitate the distribution of copyrighted material. The person who posted it justified posting the link by saying some people don't have a subscription.
I understand that some people think copyright shouldn't exist, but it clearly is being circumvented here.
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They should learn to code.
I'm a subscriber, but not everyone is.
Subscribers can share the link as a gift, so readers can see the original, not the proxied version.
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And by making it easy for them to circumvent copyright, they have even less incentive to support the journalists who did the reporting.
I don't know why this is downvoted, it's the truth. NYT actually has a "gift article" functionality that makes it easy to share articles with non-subscribers.
You are 100% correct. I find the attitude that everything should be free a bit tedious. But then again, why does the truth have to be paywalled while lies are free. I believe it is a detriment to society that we cannot publicly find reporting. Yes I know now come the cynics who will argue bias. But that’s just a failure of reading comprehension, not fair reporting doctrine.
So yes. I’m with you 100%.