# SDMB registration to online newspapers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-to-online-newspapers/362444>\
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**Created:** [June 28, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-to-online-newspapers/362444 "2006-06-28T03:40:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-to-online-newspapers/362444/1 "2006-06-28T03:40:54Z")

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Seems to me once upon a time someone posted generic accounts to online papers such as the NYT where one had to register to access. Something like:

Login: SDMB  
Passwd: cecil

Are those accounts still in existence, and if so can someone post the login/passwd? I hate going through registration junk to follow peoples links.

If I’m misremembering and such a thing doesn’t exist, can I create a registration and post the login info for people to use, or would that be unethical (and more importantly, make the mods mad)? since the NYT et. al. assumably want each visitor to their site to create an individual login

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-to-online-newspapers/362444/2 "2006-06-28T03:42:56Z")

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site removed

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**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-to-online-newspapers/362444/3 "2006-06-28T03:44:31Z")

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According to the NYT member agreement: “(ii) use a Member ID in which another person has rights without such person’s authorization”

Which I assume means that it’s allright to use a group account with permission of the creator.

First person to point out that it would’ve taken less time to just register myself then to flip through the Member Agreement gets a punch to the face.

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**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-to-online-newspapers/362444/4 "2006-06-28T03:46:18Z")

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Or that. Thanks **QED**

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**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-to-online-newspapers/362444/5 "2006-06-28T06:10:53Z")

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The entries for [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) and [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) are funny, if unlikely to ever work.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-to-online-newspapers/362444/6 "2006-06-28T16:54:25Z")

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Please do not use the SDMB to attempt to subvert policies at other sites.

If you want to use their content you should respect their rules.