Why HN lets sharing content that is behind a paywall e.g. WSJ?

Question

I frustrate when I clicked to a title or entry and when I go to the tab I see that I need to pay for a subscription to see the content. I think this creates a great struggle in an open community like HN.

bristleworm · Accepted Answer

True, although I wouldn't like prohibiting paywalls. Maybe displaying [Paywall] next to the title would be a solution?

tomhoward · Answer

This topic gets questioned/debated weekly, including most times a paywalled article gets on the front page.
It is answered in the FAQ [1] and re-iterated frequently by dang.
Paywalled pages are OK if a bypass is available. If there is one, usually someone will post it in the comments.
If nobody has yet, you could try viewing the article in http://archive.is/ or https://outline.com/, and if it works, share the link here.
If no paywall bypass is available, the item should not be on HN, so you should flag it.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

italiano · Answer

People w subscriptions should just copy and paste the articles in the comments

LUmBULtERA · Answer

Because some valuable content may cost money to access. FWIW, at least many/most U.S. library systems let you access such paywalled content for free, so I recommend getting yourself a library card if you're in the U.S. :).

gtirloni · Answer

Let me be the devil's advocate and ask: Why should paywalled content be penalized?

busymom0 · Answer

Don't have an answer for why but usually when I find a paywall, I paste the link on either archive.org or archive.is and find the article without paywall. archive.org often works better.