Archive for December, 2011

Does the New York Times paywall misuse HTTP?

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Many people have commented on the pros and cons of the New York Times paywall. Most of these comments debate the effectiveness of the paywall in meeting the Times’ financial goals, discuss ways in which users will circumvent the paywall, etc. Here I’d like to explore a different issue: it seems to me that the […]