alt Hacker News> So far, the only sin archive.today has been accused of is retaliating against a guy attempting to dox them.
I think you're missing that circumventing paywalls is unlawful in most parts of the world.
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choo-t • today at 9:24 AM
> I think you're missing that circumventing paywalls is unlawful in most parts of the world.
And a necessity if you want to archive the content correctly, also necessary if you want the archives to be publicly available.
Hamuko • today at 9:09 AM
Not really sure if circumventing paywalls is that unlawful across the world, but basically copying and pasting an entire web page is just clear and simple copyright violation.
Respectfully, it's not, in most parts of the world.