Bypass Paywalls Clean

Bypass Paywalls Clean
Original authoriamadamdev
Developermagnolia1234
LicenseMIT License[1]
Repository

Bypass Paywalls Clean (BPC) is a free and open-source web browser extension that circumvents paywalls.

Characteristics

Developed by magnolia1234, the extension uses techniques such as clearing cookies and showing content from web archives.[2][3] The extension supports Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Other browsers such as Safari and Brave are supported with third-party adblockers as long as the BPC filterlist and the userscript are imported.[3]

DMCA takedown notices

Due to a conflict with Google's rules, Bypass Paywalls Clean is not published on the Chrome Web Store.[3] Bypass Paywalls Clean was published on the Add-ons for Firefox website until a DMCA takedown notice was leveled against the Firefox extension in February 2023.[4] The extension was originally released on GitLab before it was removed in April 2024, when a DMCA takedown notice was filed against its source code repository.[5] Subsequently, magnolia1234 migrated Bypass Paywalls Clean to GitHub, where it was targeted by another DMCA takedown notice submitted by the News Media Alliance, resulting in GitHub restricting downloads of the software and its 3,879 forks in August 2024.[2][6]

The project is currently being maintained and released on GitFlic, a Git forge by Russian technology company RusBITech.

See also

References

  1. ^ "bypass-paywalls-clean-filters / LICENSE". September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via GitFlic.
  2. ^ a b Maxwell, Andy (August 20, 2024). "Bypass Paywalls Clean Shut Down For DMCA Anti-Circumvention Violations". TorrentFreak. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Browser extension 'Bypass Paywalls Clean' that deletes cookies and cancels paywalls". Gigazine. January 1, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  4. ^ "Paywall avoidance add-on 'Bypass Paywalls Clean' is deleted from Firefox's official add-on distribution site". Gigazine. February 15, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  5. ^ Maxwell, Andy (April 14, 2024). "DMCA Notice Targeting 'Bypass Paywalls Clean' Isn't The Thing to Get Angry About". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  6. ^ Nefedova, Maria (August 22, 2024). "Проект Bypass Paywalls Clean и почти 4000 его форков удалили с GitHub за нарушение DMCA" [Bypass Paywalls Clean Project and Nearly 4,000 of Its Forks Removed from GitHub for DMCA Violation]. Xakep (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
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