Chrome extension allows users to hop WSJ's paywall
Found on CNet News on Sunday, 12 June 2011
"Read WSJ" is the latest vulnerability in the armor of the paywall as a concept in the newspaper business. Work-arounds for the New York Times' paywall were being announced before it even went live, and the paper asked Twitter to shut down a feed that also attempted to circumvent the wall.
CNET reached Sara Blask, a spokesperson for DowJones--the Wall Street Journal's parent company, which itself is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.--on Sunday, who confirmed that the company is working with Google to have the extension taken down, but it has already proliferated to be available for download on other app markets and websites.
Rupert could simply implement the paywall he loves so much correctly: without logging in with your paid account, you cannot read any article. On the other hand, this would drastically lower the news in Google's index. Too bad, isn't it Rupert?