I grew up in a house hold where you shared recipes with your friends and neighbors. Anytime, my mother got one of these recipes. She would write it down in her book. Some of the time she would make it and take a picture or take a picture of what her friend brought over and put it in the book as well... one thing my mom ALWAYS DID!!! was say who she got it from. This would be because my mother has morals and ethics. My mother is obviously not Judith Griggs.
I am not going to act like I found anything myself. I am going to source where I found my information about this.. THE INTERWEBS!!! which if you didn't know.. is not NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN!
This is the plight of Monica Gaudio ( our interwebz heroine) her buddy Nick did a good job too! She has been told by Judith Griggs of Cooks Source magazine that she can steal stuff that Monica has written because a) she is a dumb bitch b) the internets is public domain c) Monica who went to the Columbia School of Journalism didn't teach her how to write a sentence, so it was totally cools that she "edited" her piece and put it up on her shitty internet food thinger. d) all of the above.
See, look! Actual snippet of the letter: "Yes Monica, I have been doing this for 3 decades, having been an editor at The Voice, Housitonic Home and Connecticut Woman Magazine. I do know about copyright laws. It was "my bad" indeed, and, as the magazine is put together in long sessions, tired eyes and minds somethings forget to do these things.
But honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution. We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me... ALWAYS for free!"
Well, Judith you are a cow. moo.
And then of course our Mistress Of The Internets, set forth her minions. The meanest, cruelest, evil, tasteless vile group of humans know to mankind. ( I should know.. I am one of them) /B/Tards. Oh yes, this bitch gets 4chan/d. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Facebook Page of the shitty magazine, PWND!
BoingBoing got a hold of it.
The internets want their pound of flesh and they wants it now!
Also, this is a very excellently written article complete with sourcing and an interview with Monica.
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