Cooks Source stole from everyone?

There is a wild fire of speculation, intrigue, innuendo and downright truths floating about the cooking magazine Cooks Source. Seems they took a previously published story from a young writer, did a bit of editing and republished it as their original work. When the writer complained, they got snippy.

My question: Does that mean anyone who prepared one of their recipes is liable to be sued by the original source holder for illegal exchanged of copyrighted material? Because that's what the RIAA does to file sharers....


@shannopop I love the Internet. #cooksource mag gets Facebook backlash for copying material without permission http://bit.ly/dgDY5U cc: @DRJedi #fb

@Maudelynn Looks like #cookssource stole from disney, too, according to the comments. http://tinyurl.com/2eqnyor REALLY BAD IDEA. Don't mess w/ Disney

@beccatronic Fun! Journalistic incompetence played out in public! Cooks Source Mag plagarizes, offends, seems insane: http://bit.ly/9E0wjU /HT @criseyde

@natives Haven't confirmed Cooks Source's alleged unrepentant plagiarism, but it's taking hate like it's the new Marie Claire http://on.fb.me/bJx54B

@simidchieva Magazine reprints blog post without permission or payment;editor says Internet is "public domain" http://nyti.ms/bSEFDn http://bit.ly/bGA28y

@marnysmith RT @WootLive: We made a sweet apple pie w/ a recipe from Cooks Source, then Judith Griggs stole it from the window sill and billed us $15.

@asad_sidd The Cooks Source, plagiarism, and the Great Gatsby http://bit.ly/Cooks-source

@ratherironic I love it when internets attack. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cooks-Source-Magazine/196994196748

@pegspirate I think the moral of the Cooks Source scandal is pretty clear: Don't piss off the internet (and the writers on it)

@makarakarn RT @jngo: Monica Gaudio’s story makes me angry. I hope Cooks Source gets a good serve of Internet justice: http://bit.ly/aVwPyd /via @gruber

@BonnieCelt Oh, Cooks Source. Now we see that you've also stolen from Martha Stewart. Martha will cut you up and tastefully decoupage your dead body.

@scratchbomb In re Cooks Source, everyone knows the whole Internet is public domain, ever since Supreme Court ruled on Finders v. Keepers

@The_Tech_News [Guardian Tech] Cooks Source: US copyright complaint sparks Twitter and Facebook storm http://bit.ly/9i6zLb

@neilhimself Excellent research and round-up of the current state of play of #CooksSource Plagiarism Scandal - http://bit.ly/cnhzlS

@KatKohl Just horrified RT @tableandspoon: Amused & horrified by the Cooks Source copyright story: http://bit.ly/bLAqQW