tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2013:/blog/tom-keating//4/tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2005:/blog/tom-keating//4.12172- 2013-02-22T21:05:55Z Comments for Wall Street Journal - Don't Pass the Electronic Newspaper VoIP & Gadgets blog - Latest news in VoIP & gadgets, wireless, mobile phones, reviews, & opinions Movable Type 4.38 tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2005:/blog/tom-keating//4.12172 2005-08-10T14:25:45Z 2008-04-10T21:35:25Z Wall Street Journal - Don't Pass the Electronic Newspaper Tom Keating http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/ According to Instapundit, you can no longer "share" your online Wall Street Journal subscription with your coworkers, friends, and family. They detect concurrent logons and block them.

So WSJ, what are you trying to say? Does this also mean I can't hand out my WSJ newspaper to my co-workers? Are you going to prevent "pass around copies" of your newspaper too? Do you realize your circulation numbers are much higher due to copies passed around (known as "pass along" in the publishing world)? Therefore, you can charge more money to your advertisers.

So why not simply detect the concurrent logons and count each concurrent logon as a "unique" subscriber, which will "boost" your online circ numbers. Then the WSJ can charge your advertisers more money, thus making you happy, and you can allow the "tradition" of sharing an electronic form of a newspaper with people you know.

You can even limit it to 5-10 concurrent logons or something to prevent people from just posting their ID and password on the web.

]]> tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2005:/blog/tom-keating//4.12172-comment:2806 Comment from gfox on 2005-08-11 gfox I haven't tried it out, but what happens if you switch to a different computer but haven't logged out of the site? What happens if your browser crashes and you open the site in a new browser? Maybe on a new computer?

Seems like an overly strict policy that is hopelessly broken.

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