I thought this was a great posting about ways to access sites that require you to sign up:

3 Ways to access ‘Must Sign Up to View’ Sites - This happens many times to me: I search on Google for a problem I’m having with my computer, click on a search result, reach the site (most of the time, it’s a forum), and boom! I have to register in order to view the solution on the page. Or worse, on some occasions, they want me to pay them to view the page. [Digg News]