[thechat] LA Times and dying urls

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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I don't like that the original URL is no longer valid at all, however,
I can sympathise with the Times' decision to make most archive
articles paid for - overall, they do need to generate revenue to be
able to do the journalism in the first place. If paying for the old stuff
means you get the new stuff free (as in beer), that's a pretty good
compromise.

I can imagine a debate which went on in the Times, where some
argued that the old URLs should remain, but that the practicality of
making the content non-free (as in beer) didn't allow that - note
that it's on a different server.

For free (as in beer) content like Yahoo newsgroups and W3C,
there isn't the excuse.

Cheers
Martin




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Martin wrote:
> It's from the LA Times, but they've moved it from the original
> URL
> <
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075191sep19.story>
> possibly because archived materials are only available
> if you pay.

Let me add that I *hate* that about the latimes.

I also hate that many of the yahoo newsfeeds eventually linkrot as well
- I always try to look for a permanent url for stuff when I blog,
because darnit, urls should live forever!
.


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