> I'm suggesting NOT trying to gain unauthorized access
In what way is accessing WSJ via Google's search results unauthorized?
In what way is accessing WSJ via Google's search results unauthorized?
I'm aware that the news industry has its revenue challenges (and just wrote a fairly lengthy comment on some of those issues: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7692730). But at the same time, if a particular news organization makes the determination that it's not going to provide its content generally, then general discussion sites are just as free to decide that they're not going to link back and refer to the site.
I'd argue that the vast decline in the already shaky standard of WSJ's reportage since being acquired by the Murdoch Disinformation Empire doesn't do much to favor it either.
They call them "subscriber terms of use", but the TOS claims to cover people who are not subscribed.
I mention TOS and AUP because it seems some US courts will see this as what makes access authorised or not.