Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The ethics of paywall jumping, Part 2

A couple of weeks ago I posed a question about the ethics of paywall jumping -- that is, of actively seeking out free ways of accessing content you would otherwise have to pay for. Now that the New York Times has officially put their pay system into effect, I'm finding I'm not the only one wondering about that. Here's an article from Nieman, a Journalism lab out of Harvard, discussing the various points of view on this issue. What do you think about it? Assuming you're currently a consumer of the New York Times, will you continue to read the paper for free even beyond your allotted 20 articles per month? Or will you stop when they ask you to sign up for a subscription, even though there are ways to get to the articles without paying?

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