New York Just Wants to Be Free (Not Just NYT)

By now you've probably heard that the New York Times is offering to give away a lot of its online content for free. More specifically, the articles from 1987 - present and from 1851 - 1922.

Only some of the content from 1923 - 1986 will be free. Maybe that will change....

Anyway, if you haven't already read about it on every blog you monitor, you can read today's New York Times article, "Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site."

But wait! There's more!

New York Civil Law points out that the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) will soon be available online for free as well. Bill A7885A was signed into law by New York Governor Spitzer last month requiring the New York Department of State to "post or maintain a link" to an unofficial copy of the NYCRR on their Web site. The law goes into effect on January 1st, 2008.

I like free.