[dundee] NoScript users are violating the DCMA

[azmodie]

On 25 March 2011 17:12, Rick Moynihan <rick.moynihan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24 March 2011 15:03, Axel <newsletter at axelbor.de> wrote:
> > Awesome.
> >
> > The NYT has implemented a "paywall" to ensure that the user have to pay
> for
> > the content.
> >
> > Outsourcing is best practise in business, and so they let run the
> "paywall"
> > in the browser and not on there own server. This awesome guys have
> > implemented their user authentication system in JavaScript. To bypass the
> > paywall, just use NoScript or deactivate JavaScript.
> >
> > The best experts ever :-)
>
> One might argue their solution is really quite elegant...  Sure it
> offers no real security, but the perception of security is probably
> good enough here...  As most people who want to view the content, will
> pay... rather than search for hacks etc...   So realistically how much
> money are they actually losing by people bypassing their security?
> Would these users have paid had it really been secure, probably not!
>
> Anyway, the reason it might be a good solution for them, is that it
> means google etc can index their articles easily...  Non-geeks will
> pay for convenience... and I and the others who wouldn't pay anyway,
> can read the NYT for free, with a small amount of inconvenience...  If
> we weren't going to pay, then it might still be beneficial for NYT to
> have us on their site, as we still might view some adverts etc...
>
>
>
> R.
>
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sort of digressing slightly. this blog post by notch [minecraft developer]
kinda rings a similar argument.
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1121596044/how-piracy-works [Piracy != Lost
Sales]

/me *hides now that I've opened that can of worms*

i'm in very much agreement with rick.

azmodie
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