Comments on: Cooks Source magazine gets Facebook backlash for copying material without permission

By: Glynda Rehmann

Glynda Rehmann — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:51:23 +0000

Hey Thanks a lot for the info!

By: Reminds me of Napster

Reminds me of Napster — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:59:42 +0000

Can someone say NAPSTER. These businesses need to understand that intellectual property has value. Cooks Source should know that. Stop stealing music, movies and now blog material.

By: Margaret@contentetc

Margaret@contentetc — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:19:39 +0000

Surely you don’t have to have ANY legal knowledge at all to know that it’s wrong to take someone else’s copy, from anywhere, print or web!

By: Paul Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:33:48 +0000

Thanks – it is always difficult to tell how genuine the ‘my fellow readers’ messages are. The key thing here is that all of this is taking place on the magazine’s own ‘territory’ where its readers and advertisers will definitely see it.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:48:40 +0000

The mag in question is a tiny one or two-person operation. No doubt the woman in question will see her career ruined, but I doubt if the mag makes enough money to support her exclusively.

Yes it’s true that the mag makes money off advertisers. That doesn’t mean it makes any sense to claim that your “2 dozen friends” in the midwest are readers. It’s very silly actually. The circulation of this thing is 20,000 – that’s *nothing* in the publishing world. A friend of mine used to be one of 2 total staffers (1 editor, 1 ad salesperson) on a local magazine that had a 68,000 circulation, and it is not a magazine you’ve ever heard of, or every likely will.

By: A guy

A guy — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:25:41 +0000

@Emily:
They make money from advertisements they publish in the magazine. If few people acquire the magazine, advertisers will stop paying for advertisement space (or they’ll pay less). So if people stop getting the magazine, the magazine will loose money.
It may be inaccurate to say people buy the magazine, but it’s true that less readers = less profit.

As for the lady digging her hole… I’m of the opinion she’ll have dug it deep enough once the magazine goes bankrupt. I’ll gladly help her until she gets there.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:33:50 +0000

The screencapped facebook comments above are quite stupid. The magazine is free and given out in area businesses. Your mom does not “buy” it and neither do your “12 friends” in “the midwest”. This lady is digging her hole deep enough without you lying about “canceling your subscription”.

By: lower

lower — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:50:17 +0000

No, L.E.B, only you.

By: Leading Edge Boomer

Leading Edge Boomer — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:24:21 +0000

And everyone else is confusing Cook’s with Cook’s Source, apparently.

By: Leading Edge Boomer

Leading Edge Boomer — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:21:52 +0000

Oops, I confused Cook’s with Cook’s Illustrated. Sorry.