So, will NYT start issuing
DMCA take-down notices to the umpteen tools that enable you to "circumvent" the NY Times paywall? What about tools like Firebug & Chrome Developer Tools? Even they can enable someone to "circumvent" by hiding the layover DIV.
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And with such a brain-dead paywall implementation (it's just a standard HTML/DIV layover), would one really call it an
effective control measure as expected by the
DMCA Act:
No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.
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No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that--
`(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title;
Apparently,
NYT has spent $40-50 million on implementing this paywall. That's right, Rs 180-225 crore! Seriously WTF!
i totally doubt - firebug is mostly used by developers who are hardly get time for nytimes - hacker-news/slashdot/techmeme/techcrunch wud be the most probable destination these guys wud go.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what they did with 50mill?? Somebody made a lot of money out of all this - a single div on a webpage wud not cost that much!!
@Anonymous: I'm sure a lot of these tech/geek blogs are linking to NY Times articles. But that's not the point.
ReplyDeleteThe point is can NYT, if it choses to, successfully claim it's paywall as "technical measures that effectively control access" as per the DMCA?
DMCA intrudes a trademark and the rights owner wants to remove use of the infringing content through the Online instantly. It could change the need to computer file a legal action and search for expensive injunctive comfort.
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