To expand on this; I don't think other forms of active moderation get this pass, you don't get to harbour copyrighted IP, CPP or other illegal material posted on a forum by just not moderating.<p>further, if intent would be a possible defence, I already mentioned that archiving everything looks better than only having links when there are paywalls, active or otherwise.<p>from a moral position, I don't think HN moves the needle wrt <i>enabling</i> bypassing - most if not all HN users are likely fully capable of using archiving sites themselves, if not automating the process themselves.
I don't think morality has anything to do with HN's action/lack of action here. They are likely just balancing risk & reward.<p>How much work to enable auto paywall busting? >$0<p>How much reward? $0<p>How much extra risk that a publisher will make your life difficult, regardless of morality or the letter of the law? >0%<p>I can't imagine why they would bother when HN users seem happy enough to do the work for free.