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spamtrap1888 wrote:
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> On Jan 21, 2:24 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> > An amusing article written by a rather attractive
> > lawyer on the legality of ripping off recipe content
> > on the web.
> >
> > http://www.lawlawlandblog.com/2010/1...ement_101_don_...
> >
> > I never heard of Cooks Source before. If it was
> > discussed here, I missed it. But apparently there
> > was a flamewar on Facebook over their thievery.
> > Too bad the web is Balkanizing like this. It used
> > to be that every flamewar had some presence in
> > Usenet newsgroups.

>
> You won't hear of it again. Cooks Source shut down soon after their
> copying came to light, 14 months ago.
>
> http://www.allfacebook.com/cooks-source-closure-2010-11


Hooray! There is some justice in this world.
I'll have to remember that name, Judith Griggs,
just in case she shows up again anywhere. Anyone
know the daughter's name?