I run NoScript on my Firefox install. This will get around the paywall. I’d hardly call myself a pirate as NoScript is to me a basic protection, little different than any of the major anti-virus software out there.

amen.

if i’m not mistaken, one needs to block nyt.js. i do this on firefox and do not see the mtr.js which i can peruse on chrome, which doesn’t have the most fabulous noscript.

and yes, mtr == meter.

ok, i hope mike doesn’t get upset, but here’s the entire script:

var NYTD = NYTD || {};

NYTD.Meter = {};

(function(){

var callbackName = String(String.fromCharCode(97 + Math.round(Math.random() * 25))+(new Date()).getTime()),
head = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0],
hash, cookie, timeout;

function getCookie() {
return /NYT-M=([^;&]+)/i.test(unescape(document.cookie)) ? RegExp.$1 : ”;
}

function getHash() {
return /gwh=([^&]+)/.test(unescape(window.location.search.substring(1))) ? RegExp.$1 : ”;
}

function removeHash() {
window.location.replace(window.location.href.replace(/(?|&)gwh=([^&]+)/, ”));
}

function checkMeter(url) {
var script = document.createElement(‘script’),
serviceUrl = ‘//meter-svc.nytimes.com/meter.js?url=’ + encodeURIComponent(url || location.href) + ‘&referer=’ + encodeURIComponent(document.referrer) + ‘&callback=’ + callbackName;
window[callbackName] = processMeterResponse;
script.src = serviceUrl;
head.appendChild(script);
}

function processMeterResponse(response) {
if (response.counted) {
var meta = document.createElement(‘meta’);
meta.name = ‘WT.z_cad’;
meta.content = ‘1’;
head.appendChild(meta);
}
if (response.hitPaywall) {
var hash = ‘gwh=’ + response.hash;
var url = window.location.search ? window.location.href + ‘&’ + hash : window.location.href + ‘?’ + hash;
window.location.replace(url);
}
}

function loadGateway() {
track();
NYTD.Meter.gwy = true;
var script = document.createElement(‘script’);
script.src = NYTD.Hosts.jsHost + ‘/js/gwy.js’;
head.appendChild(script);
}

function track() {
mtr_track(
“WT.cg_n”, “Digital Subscription”,
“WT.cg_s”, “”,
“WT.z_gpt”, “E-Commerce”,
“WT.si_n”, “Digital Subscription”,
“WT.si_x”, “1”,
“WT.z_gpst”, “Purchase”
);
}

function mtr_track() {
if (‘dcsMultiTrack’ in window) {
var old_dcsid = dcsInit.dcsid
dcsInit.dcsid = wt_dcsidArray[“Digital Subscription”];
dcsMultiTrack.apply(this, arguments);
dcsInit.dcsid = old_dcsid;
} else {
setTimeout(function() {
mtr_track.apply(this, arguments);
}, 1000);
}
}

hash = getHash();
cookie = getCookie();

if (!hash) {
checkMeter();
} else if (hash && !cookie || hash !== cookie ) {
removeHash();
} else if (hash && cookie && hash === cookie) {
if (window.addEventListener) {
window.addEventListener (“load”, loadGateway,false);
} else if (window.attachEvent) {
window.attachEvent (“onload”,loadGateway);
} else {
window.onload = (typeof window.onload == ‘function’) ?
(function(old){ return function(){ old();loadGateway() }})(window.onload) :
loadGateway;
}
}

NYTD.Meter.check = checkMeter;

})();