Going through the searches and links on the email, I came across this fantastic way of viewing content that requires registration, without actually registering for these sites.
Trick I use is to visit BugMeNot and in the search box, enter the webite you want to view content from, for example NyTimes. This will then give you a list of usernames and passwords that you can use to login to the website and view the content. Along with the username and passwords, it provides their accuracy percentage. This way, you dont have to go through the annoyance of registering yourself.
Firefox users can use the extension to automate this process. Upon installing the extension, the websites can be visited by a mere right click on the username/email address text box.
This is surely come in handy... :)
