Cooks Source, or, A Case Study in Social Media

So shadesong linked this morning to a story about a blogger whose writing was republished in a print magazine without her permission.

When called on it, the editor of said magazine, Cooks Source, responded as follows:

"I have been doing this for 3 decades ... I do know about copyright laws ... the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace."

( rofl rofl rofl textbook case of how to not do web content or social media )