>> That's not a typical web crawler, and obviously not what I meant.
>>Such databases already exist (e.g. bugmenot) but using them to rip a
>>page is definitely abusive.

Not abusive at all.  It's a public service.

>> Think Google, not rip-off.

Go to news.google.com and you will see many results that say things like

    Kansas City Star (subscription)

So the Google crawler does indeed subscribe to some registration-required sites
and crawl them.

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