# The web is public domain? Thanks for the info, Cooks Source magazine! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487 "2010-11-04T17:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/201 "2010-11-16T23:14:00Z")
Some more clueless morsels from her [interview](http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/11/12/cooks-source-publisher-admits-mistake-describes-struggles-copyri). > [@](#): > > “I’m willing to take my lumps and take responsibility,” she said, adding, “I’m trying to protect my advertisers.” Really? I haven’t seen an apology yet where you haven’t been trying to shift blame or make excuses. It’s not your advertisers you’re trying to protect darlin. > [@](#): > > Although she said she has shortcomings when it comes to understanding copyright laws, Griggs said she has always viewed the republication of recipes as a “gray area,” Shortcomings? Gray areas? Let me know how that works out when the process servers start knocking at your door. Any of our legal eagles care to weigh in on the “ignorance of the law” defense? > [@](#): > > Griggs also severed ties with one writer whose byline in the October 2010 issue appeared with a piece called “Food Frauds” that had also appeared on another website. She said she found that the writer has been playing “fast and loose” with submissions. Snerk. Kkkk.. BWAHAHAHA!! Quit it! Yer killin me here! Okay. Now that I’ve stopped laughing enough that I can see to type. While there may be no December issue, I’d recommend at least distributing one final flier. I’m sure the creator/author of [Schadenfreude Pie](http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/26/how-to-make-a-schadenfreude-pie/) would consent to letting you use his work. I know the pie was linked earlier, but it was worth repeating. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/202 "2010-11-16T23:33:18Z")
Well, that interview does pretty much align with what’s on the page. Some people really are that dumb, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/203 "2010-11-17T04:22:28Z")
How do people think they can get away with this stuff. You publish a couple zillion copies of someone else’s work, that means you have a couple of zillion people one of whom might know the source of the thing. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/204 "2010-11-17T06:00:10Z")
[For a professional editor, I’m surprised she doesn’t realise that contractions require an apostrophe.](http://www.cookssource.com/) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/205 "2010-11-17T06:15:23Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > [For a professional editor, I’m surprised she doesn’t realise that contractions require an apostrophe.](http://www.cookssource.com/) That’s not the least of her errors in that rambling non-apology. It’s also littered with comma splices, misspellings/typos, improper punctuation, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/206 "2010-11-17T22:42:13Z")
And anyone claiming to be an editor of any stripe who uses the term “copy written” where “copyrighted” should be . . . What an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/207 "2010-11-17T23:01:56Z")
“Copyrighted” also sounds really wrong to me. Can you even use that word as a verb? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/208 "2010-11-17T23:03:08Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “Copyrighted” also sounds really wrong to me. Can you even use that word as a verb? I copyrighted her mom last night. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/209 "2010-11-17T23:16:25Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “Copyrighted” also sounds really wrong to me. Can you even use that word as a verb? Sure. Sounds fine to my ears and [the dictionary](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/copyright?&qsrc=) agrees. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/210 "2010-11-17T23:34:44Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I copyrighted her mom last night. Twice. In Missouri, [your mom copyrights you](http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3364241)! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/211 "2010-11-17T23:41:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “Copyrighted” also sounds really wrong to me. Can you even use that word as a verb? It’s correct grammatically, but people who know anything about copyright law use it sparingly because it carries misleading implications. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/212 "2010-11-18T02:22:46Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > In Missouri, [your mom copyrights you](http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3364241)! Wow. Pretty much screams “I’m batshit insane, and a terrible mom!” What’s H.A.R.R.P., and their signal that might make folks “confused, crazy, stupid, or otherwise…” all about? Poor Curtis. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/213 "2010-11-18T02:35:28Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Wow. Pretty much screams “I’m batshit insane, and a terrible mom!” > > What’s H.A.R.R.P., and their signal that might make folks “confused, crazy, stupid, or otherwise…” all about? I think they mean “HAARP”. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/214 "2010-11-18T02:44:14Z")
> [@](#): > > HAARP has been blamed for diverse events including major power outages, the downing of TWA Flight 800, Gulf War syndrome, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Oh, that makes sense then. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/215 "2010-11-18T04:05:36Z")
[http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/11/16/cooks-source-calls-it-quits](http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/11/16/cooks-source-calls-it-quits) The “Daily Hampshire Gazette” offers another piece of fine journalism which makes La Griggs out to be the victim. The gist is that Cooks Source is now defunct. RIP, plagiarized recipes. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/216 "2010-11-18T07:00:38Z")
> [@lisacurl](#): > > [http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/11/16/cooks-source-calls-it-quits](http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/11/16/cooks-source-calls-it-quits) > > The “Daily Hampshire Gazette” offers another piece of fine journalism which makes La Griggs out to be the victim. The gist is that Cooks Source is now defunct. RIP, plagiarized recipes. I hate this shit: They claim this whole mess “has fueled a furious debate about intellectual property rights.” _What debate?_ Where is this debate? _Nobody_ has taken Cooks Source’s side in this crap, unless you think the maundering nonsense Griggs occasionally shits out qualifies as debating. Seriously. We could have a debate over whether it was justifiable to execute the high-ranking Nazi war criminals and it would have more genuine disagreement than any of the commentary I’ve seen regarding Cooks Source. This kind of lazy ‘balance’ that creates controversy by pretending marginal idiots matter is one of the big reasons I don’t trust traditional news media anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/217 "2010-11-18T07:19:17Z")
There was no mention of actions by NPR, Disney et al to enforce their intellectual property rights either. I suspect that their actions had more to do with the demise of Cooks Source than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/218 "2010-11-18T15:58:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “Copyrighted” also sounds really wrong to me. I’m guessing it “sounds wrong” because you’re thinking of it as copy **writed** and not copy **righted**. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/219 "2010-11-18T16:04:47Z")
No, it’s just that I don’t think of the word as a verb. It just sounds better to me as a noun (as in “protected by copyright”). ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487/220 "2010-11-18T16:47:37Z")
Ah, gotcha–it’s not the form of the verb so much as the fact of the verbing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487.md?page=12)