Securing the Clicks Network Security in the Age of Social Media

Case Study: How Not to Respond

In November 2010, Cooks Source magazine lifted a story from a blogger’s post and put it into their magazine.¹ However, the blogger, Monica Gaudio, was never paid for authorizing the reprinting of her material. When she contacted Cooks Source, the magazine’s editor, Judith Griggs, allegedly responded and Monica Gaudio posted the editor’s response:

¹ Rob Pegoraro, “Cooks Source Magazine Masters New Recipe: How to Annoy the Internet,” Washington Post (November 4, 2010), http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/11/cooks_source_masters_new_recip.html.

Yes Monica, I have been doing this for 3 decades, having been an editor at The Voice, Housitonic [sic] Home and Connecticut Woman Magazine. I do know about copyright ...