Canadians get to be the first locked out of NY Times.

Do you like the New York Times? I do. Do you like paying for the newspaper on the internet? Well, I don't, but that's never really been an issue.  Till now.

Scrolling down the main page I found this article which told me that the NYT would be trying to encourage people to start paying for its coverage. They will be restricting the number of free accesses to 20 times a month, unless you pay a $15 a month subscription.

You can't really fault them for wanting to be paid. As much as I hate the idea, it might be good for the paper. Anyway, this doesn't take into effect until the 28th.

Except... if you live in Canada:

"The 20-article limit begins immediately for readers accessing NYTimes.com from Canada, which allows the company time to work out any software issues before the system begins in the United States and the rest of the world"

Out of all the countries in the world, they chose mine. Great.

Why would they choose Canada? Maybe they figure that demographically, we're very similar to them. Not in terms of size, but like them we're a wealthy, North American English speaking -- for the most part -- nation, and that it's a good idea to see how we react first.

Squeal, Canada, Squeal!

Well I wish them luck in this experiment. At least they're not testing on animals -- just Canadians.