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Originally Posted by Hoyt Clagwell
It is totally different from removing DRM. For most people you are removing DRM on a product you have already paid for. This hack just allows people to steal content. I do not even see how one could argue that its ethical.
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Is it considered stealing when the people have all the content on their systems, given freely by the times? To best describe it, the paper gave the canadian readers something covered in wrapping paper, and said they could only have what was inside if they gave them money. Seeing as how they, the readers, already had it in their possession, the Times was no longer in a position to stipulate how it could be used. No laws were broken either, since there was no encryption to be broken.
And yes, hitting "View source" would also have gotten you the info.
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Originally Posted by jgaiser
And, of course, the hole will soon be plugged.
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The way it was done, there is no way to plug the hole. They'll have to come up with a completely different method.