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Re:Astra Magazine Had Creative Freedom and a Budget. It Wasn... by jacobr1 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:30PM (#33901893)
Most media sites lower their paywall for archive.org for altruistic reasons. I wonder if there is some kind of compromise where the paywall only goes down after X days (presumably most interest occurs within the first few days publishing). It would still service the archival mission, but would diminish the use of the archive as a bypass of the paywall. It won't help if the basic economics aren't there. And maybe the free-readers wouldn't read anyway on average if the paywall remained (the old napster argument). But it might be a good compromise on the margin.
Re:Astra Magazine Had Creative Freedom and a Budget. It Wasn... by stavros on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:45PM (#33902043)
Yes but this isn't archive.org.
Re:Astra Magazine Had Creative Freedom and a Budget. It Wasn... by greenie_beans on Friday December 09, 2022 @12:10PM (#33923762)
yes it is
Re:Astra Magazine Had Creative Freedom and a Budget. It Wasn... by stavros on Friday December 09, 2022 @12:16PM (#33923853)
Please cite your sources.
Re:Astra Magazine Had Creative Freedom and a Budget. It Wasn... by greenie_beans on Monday December 19, 2022 @05:51PM (#34058934)
ah! wow, i always assumed this but just learned that i am wrong. thanks
Re:Astra Magazine Had Creative Freedom and a Budget. It Wasn... by stavros on Monday December 19, 2022 @05:54PM (#34058967)
You're welcome, I wasn't entirely sure but I was 99% sure this wasn't run by archive.org, that's why I asked for a reference.