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DATE | 2010-11-07 |
FROM | Kevin Mark
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Lifting of blogger's story triggers online
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On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 07:49:52PM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote: > Ruben Safir wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 07:29:21PM -0400, Michael L Richardson wrote: > > > >> A magazine accused of publishing a blogger's story without permission > >> has seen a dramatic rise in the number of its Facebook friends, although > >> they're not all that friendly. > >> > >> The tale of writer Monica Gaudio hit the Web on Wednesday > >> after she reported that her > >> story, "A Tale of Two Tarts," > >> was apparently lifted > >> and published by the print magazine Cooks Source > >> with her byline, but without her > >> knowledge or any compensation. After tracking down the editor at the > >> magazine, Gaudio asked for an apology on Facebook and in the magazine, > >> as well as a $130 donation to the Columbia School of Journalism. > >> > >> Instead, she said she received a rather unexpected response from the > >> editor, Judith Griggs, quoted in-part below: > >> > > > > > > Those with money SUE > > > > I believe I read that she was disinclined to spend the money on a > lawsuit, which is understandable. The interesting thing though is how > this editor and the publication she works for is apparently being taken > down by Internet Justice. There's been enough copyright infringement > discovered over there now against parties who employ lawyers full time > that Cooks Source is in a deep pile of animal refuse now. > > - Ron I saw a Google spreadsheet of the offending article details. it had about 50 citation. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux ==.| http://kevix.myopenid.com......| | : :' : The Universal OS....| mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/.| | `. `' http://www.debian.org/.| http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-____Unless I ask to be CCd,.assume I am subscribed._________|
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