Error Of The Year: Cook's Source Plagiarism Dust-Up
Regret The Error has published its top errors and corrections of the year. The number one error: the rampant plagiarism from now-dead magazine Cook’s Source, which was found to have stolen more than 150 articles, photos, and recipes from around the Web, because “honestly … 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!,” the editor told one aggrieved blogger.
The Internet quickly swooped into justice mode and the blogger’s post went viral; those with copies of the magazine tracked down more plagiarism instances (resulting in the spreadsheet linked to above), and everyone contacted Cook’s Source’s advertisers, who promptly pulled their ads when they learned what kind of publication this really was.
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