Turning Up The Heat On On-Line Registration

Saeed al-Sahaf writes "CNN is running a story on the growing number of print newspapers with on-line editions that are requiring registration. Apparently there are some folks out there who don't like this 'feature'! I found a few things interesting about the story: Privacy groups say it's a dangerous practice and promotes spam; I didn't realize people put real personal info into these things (110-year-old surgeons from Bulgaria named Mickey Mouse). About 15 to 20 percent of the registrations for the Philadelphia Inquirer turned out to be bogus, a figure that was much lower than I would have thought. Also mentioned in the story is a web site called BugMeNot.com, which lists 'communal' logins and passwords for on-line newspapers."

Comments

Re:The day they started subscriptions...

[pclminion]

It is basically a paradox. People pay for Internet service, so they figure everything out there should already be paid for

They must be stupid then. You pay for telephone service, does that mean you expect that when you call in a pizza order the pizza should be free because you've already paid for the phone? What the hell kind of logic is that?

Anybody who "figures" as you suggest is an idiot.