← Back to context Comment by zodiakzz 12 years ago Gosh. Would it be illegal for HN to do this automatically? 12 comments zodiakzz Reply moroniclimited 12 years ago Just use https://paywallbypass.org/ which works like this: http://paywallbypass.org/?q=http://www.wsj.com/articles/goog... Springtime 12 years ago Unfortunately it doesn't bypass it here. The site routes the page through Google Translate but the article is still behind the paywall. TezzellEnt 12 years ago They seem to have blocked this option, as well as the Google link in the top level comment. rainboiboi 12 years ago Why not? It's a publicly available link. discordance 12 years ago That wouldn't hold. Links to copyrighted content (eg torrents) are often publicly available, and are not considered legal. aptwebapps 12 years ago Yes, but it links, via a redirect, to the copyright holder's own website. As someone commented upthread, if they want to block it, they can. 6 replies →
moroniclimited 12 years ago Just use https://paywallbypass.org/ which works like this: http://paywallbypass.org/?q=http://www.wsj.com/articles/goog... Springtime 12 years ago Unfortunately it doesn't bypass it here. The site routes the page through Google Translate but the article is still behind the paywall. TezzellEnt 12 years ago They seem to have blocked this option, as well as the Google link in the top level comment.
Springtime 12 years ago Unfortunately it doesn't bypass it here. The site routes the page through Google Translate but the article is still behind the paywall.
TezzellEnt 12 years ago They seem to have blocked this option, as well as the Google link in the top level comment.
rainboiboi 12 years ago Why not? It's a publicly available link. discordance 12 years ago That wouldn't hold. Links to copyrighted content (eg torrents) are often publicly available, and are not considered legal. aptwebapps 12 years ago Yes, but it links, via a redirect, to the copyright holder's own website. As someone commented upthread, if they want to block it, they can. 6 replies →
discordance 12 years ago That wouldn't hold. Links to copyrighted content (eg torrents) are often publicly available, and are not considered legal. aptwebapps 12 years ago Yes, but it links, via a redirect, to the copyright holder's own website. As someone commented upthread, if they want to block it, they can. 6 replies →
aptwebapps 12 years ago Yes, but it links, via a redirect, to the copyright holder's own website. As someone commented upthread, if they want to block it, they can. 6 replies →
Just use https://paywallbypass.org/ which works like this: http://paywallbypass.org/?q=http://www.wsj.com/articles/goog...
Unfortunately it doesn't bypass it here. The site routes the page through Google Translate but the article is still behind the paywall.
They seem to have blocked this option, as well as the Google link in the top level comment.
Why not? It's a publicly available link.
That wouldn't hold. Links to copyrighted content (eg torrents) are often publicly available, and are not considered legal.
Yes, but it links, via a redirect, to the copyright holder's own website. As someone commented upthread, if they want to block it, they can.
6 replies →