[java] URL access denied

/*
 * Applet.java
 *
 * Created on 14 October 2004, 10:36
 */

/**
 *
 * @author  Default
 */
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Applet extends java.applet.Applet {
    
    public void init() {
        try{
            URL yahoo = new URL("http:/&#<span class="java-number">47</span>;www.yahoo.com&#<span class="java-number">47</span>;"</span>);
            
            System.out.println(yahoo.getContent());
            
        }
        <span class="java-keyword">catch</span> (MalformedURLException e){}
        <span class="java-keyword">catch</span> (IOException e){}
  

     }
    
}


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but I get a  access denied error. After a bit of reading I know it has something to with the Security manager not allowing me to access URL not on my localhost. Is there anyway of bypassing this?

All I need to do is be able to read the HTML code of a webpage.

Any help would be appreciated.

Talib