> DMCA notifications based on unregistered works are not valid.
Heh, would only be cheekier if their DMCA <form> had file upload inputs for copyright_docs and registration_docs.
Outline seems exclusively used as a paywall bypass system in the wild. Can't be good for their longterm viability.
If DMCA only applies to registered works that's interesting to me -- seems it is, eg https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7f07e1c0-5264..., in fact it appears as in other areas of USA law you have to buy your right (from the government in form of a registration in this case) which seems contrary to Berne, I'm suprised it doesn't put USA in breech of their duties as it effectively reverses the "automatic" aspect of copyright for ordinary citizens.
Any know if/how they make money?
If it wasn't for its annotation system, I'd put it in the realm of rather straightforward side projects. There are really good "readability mode" transformer libraries out there. And you can imagine buying a subscription to each of the major publications to bypass their paywall.
Paywall bypassing is something I would've expected from archiving services too but I noticed this is perhaps false. For example, http://archive.is/ycfsk archived the paywall.