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Historically you could read any newspaper for free. It would be left all over the place: at work, at cafes, on the bus seat. Short of that you could go to like a grocery store where the paper is kept in a rack not a box, read all you want, and put it back. Libraries had papers too. Today publishers want an unprecedented level of restriction to solely the subscribers. News was never like this but they are trying to re…
>Libraries had papers too. Have. Practically every public library in the US (over 17,000 as of right now) currently, today, has online access to local and national newspapers. My public library offers free online access to the following national newspapers: Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Atlantic (HAH!) The Chicago Tribune The Los Angeles Times The New York Times USA Today The Wall Street Journal They also offer ac…
Re: Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls – Paywalled
#61This is all good news, I suppose, but I think that if it were widely adopted the system would fail. I doubt the libraries pay enough to support the news rooms if everyone tossed aside their subscriptions and started using the library's subscription.