What a long, strange ride this has been. (I have tried to write this three or four times. Writing this as a summary is a bit difficult
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It Ain't Over Yet, Sweetieext_316715November 14 2010, 13:23:07 UTC
No, no, Monica, Thank YOU. You took the moral high ground that Judith Griggs should have taken. You were simple in your demands. You are a paragon of civility where Judith Griggs continues to be a delusional simpleton who will soon see her world crumble upon itself.
As a former book editor and also as someone trying to have fun writing vegan recipes, Judith Griggs and Cooks Source sicken me. I am glad that the flash mob has come to support former Cooks Source advertisers like 2nd Street Bakery.
While Judith Griggs begins to understand just how far she's screwed herself, please know that you have a lot more buddies as a result of this whole sordid affair.
Re: It Ain't Over Yet, Sweetieext_316715November 15 2010, 13:54:38 UTC
Well in the context of this penny ante magazine, yes, you are correct. Her world has been crumbling around her since it went viral. But that's just the beginning. Once intellectual property lawyers come knocking on her door, she's good and truly JWF'ed.
Re: It Ain't Over Yet, Sweetieext_316248November 20 2010, 05:44:44 UTC
You should really go into writing or consulting Monica. Your original article is VERY well written and your handling of Cooks Source has been fantastic. Capitalize on your fame and success.
You're most welcome for the Downfall video. Making it gave me something to do during an intense period of writer's block and it was a statement I wanted to make. I've never (that I know of) been plagiarised or violated in this way by a print publication, but I have had entire sections of website lifted and republished verbatim on other wbsites. It's quite maddening. I remember complaining about these actions and the best I could get out of the website owners was a small note at the bottom of the stolen sections explaining that the section "originally came from" my website
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What a ride!ext_310255November 14 2010, 17:28:54 UTC
Monica, your story touch a nerve that much we know, Not only was what Cooks Source did wrong but it also educated a lot of us. Your story made it to the press and gave me something to follow and blog about my self But even a friend of mine Cyndi Allison used the story as a teaching tool in her College Social Media class, you can read her recap in this article http://www.suite101.com/content/cooks-source-gets-pounded-online-for-copyright-violation-a304678, I know you have seen that already monica,as you had tweeted and Rt'd the link before.
Enjoy your fame from this and I am so happy that in the end your requests were met and lets hope that this will discourage any content theft by others in the future.
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As a former book editor and also as someone trying to have fun writing vegan recipes, Judith Griggs and Cooks Source sicken me. I am glad that the flash mob has come to support former Cooks Source advertisers like 2nd Street Bakery.
While Judith Griggs begins to understand just how far she's screwed herself, please know that you have a lot more buddies as a result of this whole sordid affair.
Thank you again, my dear.
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But even a friend of mine Cyndi Allison used the story as a teaching tool in her College Social Media class, you can read her recap in this article http://www.suite101.com/content/cooks-source-gets-pounded-online-for-copyright-violation-a304678, I know you have seen that already monica,as you had tweeted and Rt'd the link before.
Enjoy your fame from this and I am so happy that in the end your requests were met and lets hope that this will discourage any content theft by others in the future.
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You did the right thing by taking the high road. Good luck to you and thanks for the update. It's over, now folks can move on, self included ;)
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