New York Times silence not Story Tweeting feed-PC Magazine

Earlier this week the New York Times asked Twitter to suspend the @ FreeNYTimes account, the handle that was created with the purpose to post links to articles in all times, thus making them free when the paper subscription service kicks off Monday. However, not the times succeeded in silencing @ FreeNYTimes.

According to a report from Forbes ' Jeff Bercovici was the question does not make @ FreeNYT. Rather the times felt that @ FreeNYTimes violates its trade mark with its use of the paper signature "T" logo, the times leader of digital operations Martin Nisenholtz told Forbes. The logo has since been removed from the page, @ FreeNYTimes, and the Times has withdrawn his request with Twitter.

Bad times also Twitter to close another article-tweeting feed, @ FreeNYT. The account is still active. In that case, the publication also argued that the account was in breach of the New York Times trademark.

Subscription service New York Times, which is commonly producer prices as a "paywall", goes into force on Monday afternoon. However, it is not likely that readers will be clamoring to sign, given the service has been received very negative. It is a connection fee plan; readers can chose a plan that costs between $ 15 and $ 35, depending on their level of service.

However, it is not the costs of the service which readers have taken issue with it is, rather, that there are a number of ways to skirt around the payment platform, rendering ineffective. Articles posted to Facebook and Twitter is free, and readers can access up to 20 articles per month at no cost. In addition to it, is a Canadian coder created @ NYTClean, a bookmark tool, defeats paywall with four lines of code. Also, as it is noticed in a broad sense, a user could simply clear the cache on his or her browser to reset the 20-article common agricultural policy

Times trademark argument with @ FreeNYTimes account sends mixed messages, says Berrcovici. @ FreeNYTimes use the times own API and the paper developer guidelines actually require "page or screen that displays the time the API content or data" use a times logo.

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