Links to Economist

October 18, 2001 11:05 PM

This just in: The Economist allows subscribers to view subscriber-only articles. But I can't link to them. Anyway.
posted by sylloge to Etiquette/Policy at 11:05 PM (5 comments total)

Maybe you're writing something that explains this thread as I type. If not, or you're asking about linking to paid content, there was a thread not long ago that you might be able to dig out. I think it was one of Miguel's (has he taken his bat and ball home again?).
posted by andrew cooke at 12:20 AM on October 19, 2001

here
posted by andrew cooke at 12:30 AM on October 19, 2001

Sorry, that was kind of opaque. I was thinking of the OED thread, since the goods are available by subscription only. Not much point posting it then ...

However, since I had that tought, Su found an OED link that works. Woo-hoo! That makes it worthwhile.
posted by sylloge at 12:40 AM on October 19, 2001

Ah. Sorry - Too subtle for me :o)
posted by andrew cooke at 1:11 AM on October 19, 2001

Sure you can link to Economist.com subscriber articles. Here's one. The site encrypts URLs on entry paths for the login sequence but once you're looking at the article the article ID is clear as day.
posted by werty at 8:08 AM on October 22, 2001