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(52,413 posts) Mon May 13, 2024, 06:06 PM May 2024

Limiting the archives?

Many of us have used the archives to by pass paywall stories.

I have used the WSJ, WaPo, even the Atlantic, so am surprised, therefore, that the NYT still limits access

https://archive.ph/1CoYC

I suppose I could have used the "gift" link.

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Limiting the archives? (Original Post) question everything May 2024 OP

I'm sorry, I'm just not getting it. Is somebody or organization advocating "limiting the archives" in some way? progree May 2024 #1

It is not there in its entirety. If you scroll down a screen or two it fades to grey and you are question everything May 2024 #2

OK, so the issue you're bringing up is that almost always (always in my experience), an article in archive.is or progree May 2024 #3

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1. I'm sorry, I'm just not getting it. Is somebody or organization advocating "limiting the archives" in some way?

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Tue May 14, 2024, 08:07 AM

May 2024

Your link, https://archive.ph/1CoYC , takes me to an archive.today article from the New York Times, "Secret Hamas Files Show... " etc. I don't get the connection between "limiting archives" and that article (I had thought it might lead to something explaining some organizations trying to limit archiving).

Many of us have used the archives to by pass paywall stories. I have used the WSJ, WaPo, even the Atlantic, so am surprised, therefore, that the NYT still limits access

The mystery deepens - if the NYT is limiting archiving somehow, then why is that NYT article there in that archive site?

I suppose I could have used the "gift" link.

I'll admit I'm a complete ignoramus on what gift links are (beyond me seeing them around and that they allow access to that article), but I presume that subscribers are allowed to give out some limited number of gift links.

I'm sorry, I just can't pull it all together. Aw well, Producer Price Index is coming out in about 20 minutes so I'll fiddle faddle with that awhile.

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2. It is not there in its entirety. If you scroll down a screen or two it fades to grey and you are

Reply to progree (Reply #1)

Tue May 14, 2024, 09:58 AM

May 2024

invited to subscribe or to sign in.

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3. OK, so the issue you're bringing up is that almost always (always in my experience), an article in archive.is or

Reply to question everything (Reply #2)

Tue May 14, 2024, 10:16 AM

May 2024

archive.ph or archive.org is the full article, but now New York Time articles in these archives not the full article but a subscription tease? Sigh.

Edit: "always in my experience" should be "always in my experience until now"

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