[datalopers]

If a news site wants customers to pay for the content, then they should put it behind a walled garden and not paywalls which only apply to certain used-agents and IPs.

[kube-system]

Why? Do people not have the freedom to give things for free to those they choose?

[sfe22]

I see this as more of a suggestion to providers, not a rule to limit freedoms.

[kube-system]

I think providers would put that suggestion directly into the round bin. Internet mass-media companies need to be discoverable in a search engine.

[datalopers]

They do but they don’t get to also bitch about workarounds.

[kube-system]

Why wouldn't they have the right to ask others to follow the law?

[datalopers]

> The unfortunate truth is that when you give data away… you give it away [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32686455

[kube-system]

That comment is in the context of a discussion about data for which a license was granted or not necessary.

[datalopers]

And the 9th Circuit Court has determined that publicly accessible data does not require a license and the provider cannot dictate the means in which a user can access it. If a provider wants to do that, they need to place that content behind a walled garden.

[1] https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2022/04/18/1...