[Web4lib] New York Times opens TimesSelect to .edu for free

[Richard Wiggins]

Well The Times' statement said that they would accept subscribers from
domains ending in .edu and of course I had to test that, so I created
bogus.edu.fake.richardwiggins.com, and I was unable to sign up from there.
I think they're pretty quickly going to have to have a list of legit domains
to check against.

/rich


On 3/19/07, Paul R. Pival <ppival at ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>
> Rich et al, actually it's not just .edu addresses - I just successfully
> registered with my ucalgary.ca address, so it's either *really* an honor
> system, and/or they have a list of schools outside the US they recognize.
> Either way, you can apparently add however million users of higher ed in
> Canada to your 15.9 million count...  (looks like just over 1 million
> students here, plus however many faculty/staff...)
>
>   Paul R. Pival
> Distance Education Librarian
> 213E MLT
> University of Calgary
> Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4  *Phone:
> Toll Free:
> Fax:
> IM:
> Website:*
> (403) 220-2119
> 1 (866) 210-9637
> (403) 282-6837
> MSN, AIM, Yahoo!
> <http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/libraryconnection/contactus.php>
> Library Connection<http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/libraryconnection/>
>
>
> Richard Wiggins wrote:
>
> The New York Times is opening TimesSelect for free to people who register
> from a .edu address.
>
> I bet they are going to see a lot more leakage than they realize.  They
> are
> calling it an honor system but I can see a grey or even black market in
> .edu
> mailboxes for people who want to read The Times online for free.  There
> are
> 15.9 million college students in the U.S., and countless alums with .edu
> addresses, not to mention moms and dads who just will ask junior to sign
> 'em
> up.   The Times is down to 1M paid daily subscribers.
>
> /rich
>
> ...TimesSelect will be available for free to all registered college
> students
> and faculty with a .edu in their e-mail addresses. TimesSelect is
> NYTimes.com's paid offering that provides exclusive access to 22
> columnists
> of The Times and the International Herald Tribune as well as an array of
> other services, including access to The Times's archives, advance previews
>
> of various sections and tools for tracking and storing news and
> information.
> Current student subscribers will receive pro-rated refunds for their
> previously paid subscriptions. College students interested in registering
> for free TimesSelect subscriptions should go to
> www.nytimes.com/universityfor more information.
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