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Good news: The New York Times has made its entire web site free.  Nytlogo379x64
And this has positive implications for the freedom of intellectual property in this century.

The New York Times found out they could make more money selling online ads, and generate more viewers, by making all their articles free.  Subscribers paid $10 million a year to see selected articles.

We're hoping that the links to NYTimes articles, which used to be unavailable after a day or so, are now permanent, just like the BBC articles. Let's see: click on this NYT story and see if it is available.

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