New York Times Archive Doomed to Obscurity

This is really upsetting, and has bothered me for a while. Glad to see Wired points it out. Every time I link to a NYTimes article I'm aware that the link will ultimately disappear. Our flagship paper doesn't provide permalinks because of a stupid agreement with Lexis-Nexis and the desire to make a buck off of its archives. Sad.

Newspapers are one of the most definitive sources of information, and there's none more powerful than The New York Times. But you wouldn't know it in the online world. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. [Wired News]

Update: Here's a solution.