But honestly Monica, 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. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio.
This is the editor of Cooks Source magazine replying to a complaint that they stole a recipe from a website and printed it without permission. The excuses herein are remarkably similar to what I was told by the administrators of a website specializing in cracked iOS games - you should be grateful for the exposure, piracy is common so it’s no big deal, we’re providing a service. What else is a thief going to say to your face, eh? (via mrgan)
The shamelessness is astounding. I wonder what they’d do if somebody reprinted parts of their book without giving them credit.
