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Pay Or Else, News Site Threatens
WED Fan writes "The North Country Gazette, a news blog, says users who read beyond a single page of an article must pay up or they will be tracked down. They don't have a pay wall. If you go beyond page 1, you owe them. From the article: 'A subscription is required at North Country Gazette. We allow only one free read per visitor. We are currently gathering IPs and computer info on persistent intruders who refuse to buy subscription and are engaging in a theft of services. We have engaged an attorney who will be doing a bulk subpoena demand on each ISP involved, particularly Verizon Droids, Frontier and Road Runner, and will then pursue individual legal actions.'"
Still, sounds better to NPR browbeating.
"Listening without membership makes you worse than Hitler." --Terry Gross
THL phish sticks
That's horrid!
I don't know. I'm actually finding it rather amusing ;-)
Everybody gets bit by stupidity at least once in a while. For a clusterfuck of this magnitude takes deliberate, arrogant ignorance.
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
Sueing isn't a word... suing is.
The right to protest the State is more sacred than the State.
Not at all. From what I've seen of 4chan, it is for the most part naive ignorance, not the sort of arrogant ignorance this represents.
There are various forms of humour; just because one doesn't pay lip service to some of them doesn't mean that one doesn't understand them.
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.