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Instant access to 5000 newspapers

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  • #272
    kenmm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭kenmm


    Why is this allowed, but not (for example) linking to a torrent site for '0000s of free eBooks'?


  • #273
    Sarn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭Sarn


    kenmm wrote: »
    Why is this allowed, but not (for example) linking to a torrent site for '0000s of free eBooks'?

    This is a legitimate feature of libraries.


  • #274
    kenmm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭kenmm


    Ah ok - I thought it was how to exploit the system by typing in a fake barcode - I was curious!


  • #275
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    You just need to input a library card number, 9000000 has the same number of digits.


  • #276
    peejy
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭peejy


    Wexford library .. no indo etc since midweek

    Using android app. Tried vpn and no luck


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  • #277
    Trevord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Trevord


    On Wicklow and Cork City Libraries just 26 publications available on android app.

    No Independent or related papers and no Examiner.

    Must be that they are no longer licensed.

    I had been expecting the Examiner to disappear when the Irish Times bought it.


  • #278
    Cazale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Just three Irish newspapers available for me this morning. The Mirror, Sunday Mirror and the Sligo Weekender.


  • #279
    Cetyl Palmitate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 574 ✭✭✭Cetyl Palmitate


    Sunday indo not available via the app but if I log in through a browser I can read it. Strange. I'm not using s VPN so this could be a technical issue rather than license.


  • #280
    Sarn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭Sarn


    Cetyl Palmitate wrote: »
    Sunday indo not available via the app but if I log in through a browser I can read it. Strange. I'm not using s VPN so this could be a technical issue rather than license.

    Good point about it possibly being technical, all of the free local community newspapers are gone as well, which is unusual.


  • #281
    MunsterM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭MunsterM


    Cetyl Palmitate wrote: »
    Sunday indo not available via the app but if I log in through a browser I can read it. Strange. I'm not using s VPN so this could be a technical issue rather than license.

    Very strange. If I use a browser I only see the same 26 publications as I see on the app - no Examiner or Indo.


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  • #282
    rf1980
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭rf1980


    Seems Examiner and Independent have been restricted to use based on library wifi only now. https://twitter.com/PressReaderCare/status/1271823930337013760


  • #283
    MunsterM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭MunsterM


    rf1980 wrote: »
    Seems Examiner and Independent have been restricted to use based on library wifi only now. https://twitter.com/PressReaderCare/status/1271823930337013760

    Not much use when the libraries are not allowing us in .


  • #284
    headnorth
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭headnorth


    rf1980 wrote: »
    Seems Examiner and Independent have been restricted to use based on library wifi only now. https://twitter.com/PressReaderCare/status/1271823930337013760

    Thats a kicker. It was easy & quickly just to tap the app and read the papers. I see some of the restricted papers have appeared on other sites online so they should be easy to access with a resolver.


  • #285
    kenmm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭kenmm


    New Home wrote: »
    You just need to input a library card number, 9000000 has the same number of digits.

    So it is an exploit then? Or where do you get the library card number?


  • #286
    Kat1170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,629 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    kenmm wrote: »
    So it is an exploit then? Or where do you get the library card number?

    The hints in the name, library card ;)


  • #287
    kenmm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭kenmm


    Kat1170 wrote: »
    The hints in the name, library card ;)

    ha - alright - so its just the local public library card then? - as everything seems to suggest that people don't need one. Therefore no surprise the newspapers are taking their content down..


  • #288
    Sarn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭Sarn


    kenmm wrote: »
    ha - alright - so its just the local public library card then? - as everything seems to suggest that people don't need one. Therefore no surprise the newspapers are taking their content down..

    There’s nothing illegal or questionable going on. Everybody in Ireland can get a library card and use the service. If you’re interested, have a look at:

    https://www.librariesireland.ie/news/online-services-during-coronavirus


  • #289
    irishproduce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭irishproduce


    Library is not open on a Sunday so does that mean then that Sunday independent is finished for library members use?


  • #290
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,607 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    I wonder if INM have pulled the plug ?


  • #291
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,607 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    To answer my own question :

    From press reader twitter account :
    Hi! Due to a recent restriction, The Irish Independent can only be accessed onsite while connected to the library's wi-fi network. If you have further questions, please DM us. -ES
    https://t.co/GPfzIDR4Df


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  • #292
    peejy
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭peejy


    headnorth wrote: »
    Thats a kicker. It was easy & quickly just to tap the app and read the papers. I see some of the restricted papers have appeared on other sites online so they should be easy to access with a resolver.

    Can you say where?


  • #293
    One More Toy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Is the OP method still working?


  • #294
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    irishproduce wrote: »
    Library is not open on a Sunday so does that mean then that Sunday independent is finished for library members use?


    You can access it on Sundays if it has an Open Library facility set up, lots of branches do. You can also change the date on the site to read old issues.


  • #295
    JTMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,542 ✭✭✭JTMan


    New Home wrote: »
    You can access it on Sundays if it has an Open Library facility set up, lots of branches do. You can also change the date on the site to read old issues.

    Or use a VPN (it is not hard) and carry on reading the Sunday Independent.


  • #296
    ROVER
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭ROVER


    JTMan wrote: »
    Or use a VPN (it is not hard) and carry on reading the Sunday Independent.

    VPN does not work for me. Can anyone get it to work?


  • #297
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    ROVER wrote: »
    VPN does not work for me. Can anyone get it to work?

    I can get the irish times with vpn but not the sunday independent


  • #298
    MunsterM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭MunsterM


    sweetie wrote: »
    I can get the irish times with vpn but not the sunday independent

    Same - Irish Times with VPN, no Independent. No Examiner either.


  • #299
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I wonder, would different library branches give you access to a different selection of papers...


  • #300
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,062 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    MunsterM wrote: »
    Same - Irish Times with VPN, no Independent. No Examiner either.

    same here - Wicklow CC

    If I log out of my library account on the VPN I can see the Indo and the Examiner (though obviously I can't read them without subscribing) so I guess if you're using a library account, you have to be on the library network to get those papers.


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  • #301
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    I wonder is it a result of the system being so easy to game. Most of us here have valid library accounts now but it seems that it's quite easy to
    use the system without. I don't really bother with the newspapers and all my magazines are still available but my Dad was able to use it and found it a good resource.


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