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NYT Promotes File Sharing
aisaac writes "An article in today's NYT comments intelligently on filesharing. Key points: downloading music is not illegal, peer-to-peer enables this useful and legal activity, and a list of good places to find good music online (including the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress. The Induce Act is briefly mentioned without analysis, but the article does not mention that some of the Act's sponsors and cosponsors have expressed a willingness to consider ammendments to restrict the application of the Act. (This according to a letter I received from Senator Sarbanes.) Let's keep the pressure on!" A Congress call-in day is being organized.
If they believe in freedom, they just stop their damn dependency on registration to view their articles!
Quit your damn "they are taking away my rights" whinging. Why should you expect to be able to read the NYT for free when society has accepted for centuries that newspapers cost money. Online, you don't need to pay in cash, only in information about yourself.
It's their content, their website, and it's their rules. If you don't like it, don't read it.
To everybody who thinks they're sly and creative by signing up with false information, that's about as impressive as shoplifting a candy bar from a supermarket.