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Originally Posted by Rockstar
What I meant by paywalls are not an effective security measure. Is they are simply not considered a security measure.
The biggest issue with using JavaScript is it could insert malicious code and that will directly affect your computer. What’s illegal about me preventing a source from downloading script to my PC?
Legal issues over articles arise from copywrite laws. Such as copy & pasting articles regardless if it’s free or not even if you acknowledge the source or not.
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Paywalls are akin to ticket booths in the real world, you are paying to access the venue, just like a cover charge to enter a bar, a fair, or an amusement park, it doesn't become "theft" or "copyright infringement" until you DL content. I would think bypassing paywalls would fall along the lines of trespassing, right to privacy and/or "theft" of services. In the "real world" that is considered unacceptable behavior, on the internet, not so much. I'm just curious as to why.
Onkel Neal has an interesting justification, I don't know if I agree with it, but I do understand his reasoning. It could be my frustration with stupid isn't quite as high as his.