"Sure I stole your article . . ."
"Sure I stole your article . . ."
#1"Sure I stole your article . . ."
Posted: 11/4/10 at 3:25pm
". . . but you should compensate me."
Can this be for real? The editor of "Cooks Source" seems to have lifted an entire article from a blog and published it in the magazine--then claimed to be entitled to payment from the author who objected.
Shouldn't that be "Crooks Source"?
#2'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 3:29pmDoes Virginia Thomas run that magazine?
#2'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 3:31pm
But honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain"
Umm, no, actually, it is not.
#3'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 3:33pm
^ Oh, Judith: there should be a comma before "Monica" in that sentence.
Please remit $75.
#4'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 4:09pm
The good news is they have a lot of new Facebook friends.
How long till this disappears like their web site?
#5'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 4:15pm
The fake Twitter feed is pretty funny, too!
http://twitter.com/cookssource
#6'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 4:45pm
unbelievable!
I love the FB comments. Have they responded to any of this yet?
#7'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 5:24pmSo does this lady have a chance at a lawsuit? I would think the editor would be fired and they would be offering a settlement at this point.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#8'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 6:00pm#9'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/4/10 at 6:00pm
Good thing I didn't have much to do this afternoon. The Facebook page alone would be enough, but throw in the faux Twitter accounts and I'm getting NOTHING done.
#11'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/5/10 at 11:01am
Judith G (or someone claiming to be her--and lord knows this "apology" sounds much like the other one) posted this on Facebook:
"Hi Folks!
"Well, here I am with egg on my face! I did apologise to Monica via email, but aparently it wasnt enough for her. To all of you, thank you for your interest in Cooks Source and Again, to Monica, I am sorry -- my bad!
"You did find a way to get your 'pound of flesh...' we used to have 110 "friends," we now have 1,870... wow!"
I hope she cooks better than she apologizes
#12'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/5/10 at 11:05am
Someone in response to the above asked Judith whom she stole the egg from.
Wish I'd thought of that.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#13'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/5/10 at 11:58am
Good Gravy! This Story Made Salon.com!
#14'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/5/10 at 12:23pm
She hasn't issued a response, but there is a new Cooks Source Facebook page. "a new page as the last one was hacked" [sic]
I don't think she knows what hacked means.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#15'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/5/10 at 12:43pm
The Twitter feed is priceless:
"What a day! Now: Cabernet Franc and the new Sting album."
#16'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/6/10 at 10:35am
A video someone posted on the FB page. It runs too long but it's funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC-tVHLM99w
#17'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:07pm
There's a statement up on their website now, and it's on par with the rest of her behavior.
http://cookssource.com/
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#18'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:10pm
Their inclusion of Cooks Source issues and photos is used without our knowledge or consent.
I love that that sentence is in the FIRST paragraph!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#19'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:19pmThere is SO MUCH crazy on that one, tiny-fonted page.
#20'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:24pm
What really gets me is this part -
"The email and Facebook abuse of our advertisers is the prime example: it is hurtful to people who are innocent of this issue, and can ill-afford the abuse -- either emotionally or financially. Small business owners are being bombarded with hate mail, and distasteful messages because someone downloaded their contact information on these bogus sites. These small business owners work very hard to keep their businesses going in a bad economy. We respectfully request this harassment be stopped immediately."
The advertisers jumped ship early Thursday, and many of the very people posting on the main page worked to help the advertisers recover anything they lost in buying advertisements in the magazine as well as making donations to a local food bank. But I guess it's as factual a statement as anything else in that magazine.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/topic.php?uid=196994196748&topic=23276
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#21'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:26pmAlso, I like the implied conspiracy about trying to get the Facebook number.
#22'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:30pm
The misuse of Facebook discussed above also applies to Ms. Gaudio: she did what she felt was the right thing, and doesn’t deserve this kind of treatment, either
What treatment is she talking about? Complete support of EVERYONE?
#23'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:54pmIt's also amusing that, for all Griggs's claims of having made Gaudio's article better through her editing of it, this statement frequently comes close to being incomprehensible.
#24'Sure I stole your article . . .'
Posted: 11/9/10 at 2:23pm
However: Cooks Source can not vouch for all the writers we have used in the past, and in the future can only check to a certain extent.
...oh, THAT'S going to end well.
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