You also have to pay your internet bill to access the internet. You also have to pay a subscription fee for new papers. What about medical journals that you need to pay to access? By your logic, disclosures via these means would not be public disclosures either. Under at least patent law, a public disclosure means that it is accessible to the public, regardless of whether you have to pay to access it.
Wimike - Here is part of the SEC rules on public disclosure. The rules do not mention that the initial announcement has to be free. It does handle requirements of a company doing simultaneous disclosure in the case of selective groups receiving information not publicly disclosed. With who is running NWBO, I’m certain they are aware of these rules.
“for an intentional selective disclosure, the issuer must make public disclosure simultaneously; for a non-intentional disclosure, the issuer must make public disclosure promptly.”