The Cooks Source violation controversy occurred in November 2010, when Cooks Source , an ad-supported free publication distributed in the New England region of America United, became the center of a copyright infringement dispute after a magazine reprinted an article online without permission from the author. The controversy was sparked by social media and crowdsourced investigations uncovered allegations of additional violations and plagiarism. This incident became an international topic of news and analysis, which expanded into an internet meme. Regarding copyright issues, the incident illustrates that "the masses of Internet users are very good at finding examples of copyright infringement, which offsets how easily the Internet makes plagiarism from the start." At the same time, the response by the Cookies Source editor may be an example of a digital textbook on how to respond to complaints in the Internet age. " The incident was named the Journalism Mistake of the Year award for 2010 by Craig Silverman on his website Regret Error. The impact of the controversy prompted Cookies Source to exit the business within two weeks after it was full.
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As reported by Dan Crowley of the local Daily Hampshire Gazette , Cooks Source was founded in 1997 by Judith D. Griggs, a former city planner and conservation agent, who has directed art and edit some small magazines before. The magazine states that the goal is "to help educate readers about sustainable food, sustainable products, farms, cooking, restaurants and businesses," and to provide marketing tools for small businesses and farms that create and sell food for local businesses and consumers. At the time of the incident, Cooks Source was published by Cooks Source Publications in a second-floor office of a rented duplex in Sunderland, Massachusetts, nearly 40 miles (64 km) north of Springfield. The 59-year-old Griggs, at the time of the incident, handed him a monthly publication with his adult daughter along a 2,000-mile distribution route to a location in western New England, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and some New Hampshire.. The circulation of the magazine varies, but under 10,000 a month.
Griggs rose to prominence on the internet on November 4, 2010, after it was discovered that an article published on page 10 in October 2010 Cooking Source Problem infringed copyright Monica Gaudio, author of this work. In 2005, Gaudio has published a copyrighted work entitled "A Tale of Two Tarts" on a website devoted to medieval cuisine.
Gaudio is credited on Cooks Source for a 1,300-word snippet, entitled "As American As Apple Pie - No!" and revised from the original in place of Gaudio. Griggs did not pay Gaudio or tell him when the pitch was over. Gaudio notifies Griggs of the offense and asks for a small apology and donation to the Columbia School of Journalism. (Gaudio chose Columbia School of Journalism so that Cookies Source could easily fulfill his request, he had stated that he was not a journalist himself or if he was affiliated with the institution.) Subsequent responses by Griggs " legend of the internet, "and said in part:
But honestly, Monica, the web is considered 'public domain' and you should be glad we did not 'lift' your entire article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, obviously more than you realize, especially on campuses, and workplaces. If you are offended and unhappy, I apologize, but you as a professional should know that the articles we use are written by you in desperate need of editing, and much better now than initially. Now this will work well for your portfolio. Therefore, I have a bit of a difficult time with your request to earn money, even for such a good (and very rich!) Institution. We take time to rewrite, you have to give me compensation! I never asked young writers to ask for advice or rewrite badly written pieces, and have a lot to write for me... ALWAYS free!
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Online response
Griggs's response, especially his statement that all web content is considered public domain, is published by a number of online celebrities, including Nick Mamatas, Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi, Neil Gaiman, and Warren Ellis. The Griggs response tone and his false claim caused what Gaudio described as "nerd rage". The magazine's Facebook page received many mocking messages. In less than 24 hours, a list of magazine advertisers is created and advertisers are contacted, with secondary campaigns beginning to reward advertisers who have pulled their ads from magazines. One blog campaigned to create a "griggs" verb meaning to take something without permission then demand compensation from the victim. Hashtag #buthonestlymonica and #crookssource become viral on Twitter.
Cooks Source ' web hosting company Intuit crashed on November 4, prompting speculation that a denial-of-service attack was directed at Cooks Source may be the reason. Some parodic Twitter accounts and fake Facebook pages titled Cooks Source Mag were created on November 5, containing additional inflammatory statements reportedly by magazine staff. It also inspires editorials by Robert X. Cringely and John Birmingham, a downfall parody, a tribute song, and a satirical apology composed entirely of famous quotes with no attributes. Cringely then named it fourth among the Top 10 Dumbest Tech Moves of 2010.
Gaudio said he never wanted an online response to go that far, but he expects mainstream media coverage once Gaiman tweets him back. He says he knows one or more of the advertiser's Source of Cooks has been contacted, but he does not intend for small businesses or people to be harmed or harassed. He said he found many funny Facebook comments.
Response by Source Cooks
Gaudio received no direct response from Griggs or Cookies Source Magazine in connection with the affair after Gaudio posted about their email communications.
On November 9, the Cookies Source site has been updated with an unsigned statement indicating that Cooks Source has fulfilled Gaudio's request to fix and change their business practices. Gaudio can not confirm immediately if the requested donation has actually been made. Linda Holmes, a writer at NPR, characterized the statement as "a strange, quirky apology," adding, "It actually sounds very similar to the e-mail that Gaudio got in the first place: challenged, confident in the truth, and, , somewhat confusing. " New York declared a clear storage of Griggs" a victory for passive-aggressive e-mail authors everywhere. " The Cooks Source statement is quickly parodied and ridiculed. John Scalzi rate the apology as a D, adding, "This is an apology from someone who is sorry he was caught, not an apology from someone who feels that he has done something wrong." Robert X. Cringely called the statement "one of the weirdest things I've ever read."
In his first interview after the incident, Griggs said he had received hundreds of emails and cut off his phone after getting more than 100 calls. Although the November issue is scheduled for delivery, Griggs said, "I do not know if I will continue with Cooks Source." At this point, it looks doubtful. " The article explains that Cooks Source generally receives recipe books and prescriptions from publishers and that their content is regularly duplicated from those sources, sometimes with written permission. Shortly after the publication of the interview, Gaudio was able to confirm Griggs's contribution, and therefore considered the problem "all resolved, at least to my satisfaction."
On November 17, 2010, the Cookies Source homepage was updated again, with a personal statement from Griggs claiming that Gaudio's email was "antagonistic and rude", which Gaudio neglected to post "good stuff" Griggs had said in his email in addition to the rough stuff, and that Griggs has offered to compensate Gaudio for the article, but Gaudio "never gave [him] a chance" to address the issue. Griggs reiterated that he would likely shut down Cookies Source because of the reaction. Gaudio responded by posting the corresponding side with Griggs; he explains that he can not post Griggs's part of the email conversation because Griggs holds the copyright on his own words. The Cooks Source and Travel Source homepage is then taken offline entirely, and Facebook deletes the related site originally created by Griggs.
Analysis and supposition of additional violations
The incident prompted editorials from various journalists including Melissa Block of NPR All Things Considered , Zachary Hunchar of Technorati, and CNN's Eatocracy. Journalist Ivor Tossell argues that this may be the first Facebook-based online vigilantism in which many participants use their real names instead of remaining anonymous. He notes that Griggs resembles a cartoon of "pantomime criminals", and his passive-aggressive attitude, and not the offense itself, causes a response. TechRepublic offers tips to avoid online jobs that are used without credit. One author compares the incident to a 2008 source dispute that led to the collapse of The Bulletin , a small Texas alternative weekly. Glenn Fleishman writes that "regardless of the origin of the email, it's frightening to watch the net awake as one."
The NPR In Media program discusses episodes as examples of how fast and widespread anger can spread on the Internet, noting that the episode has sentence "to be honest, Monica" to an internet meme and has spawned the verb "to Griggs ", defined as" using the content on the Web without permission, then requesting payment from the original author for rewriting and editing. " Paul Bradshaw reviews the professional options for Griggs that may have reduced the impact of negative responses. Joseph P. Kahn used the Cooks Source incident to illustrate how the sender should not expect privacy after something is transmitted electronically to the recipient, especially if it is potentially controversial or embarrassing.
After Gaudio posted Griggs emails, online researchers created Google Spreadsheets and collected nearly 170 instances where Cooks Source appeared to have raised copyrighted material, including text and images, from other sources, "including NPR, Hallmark and Paula Deen Food Network Personality Web site. "Blogger Edward Champion contacted the original author or publisher of several sections published on Cookies Source and confirms that many of them have been used without permission. NPR sent the magazine a preventive-and-break letter.
References
External links
- The original account of the incident on Monica Gaudio's Knitting Blog via LiveJournal
- Cooks Source Article Track Google Docs spreadsheet
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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