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Cooks Source Magazine Apologizes — Sort Of

Posted by timothy on from the helping-budding-writers-everywhere dept.

taco8982 writes "Cooks Source has published a statement in response to the uproar over claiming the web is public domain a couple of weeks ago. While it does contain an apology, I'll leave it to individual readers to determine how apologetic it actually is." It also seems that the publisher has decided to cease publication entirely.

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  1. But but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone on slashdot always says that information wants to be free. /sarcasm

    Anyway, I think this whole copyright problem comes from Christianity and from the thing like inventing printing press. Trough history the western world and Christianity have had even wars because of copyright issues.

    If you look at Asia and buddhism, it really isn't an issue there. Buddhism promotes spreading information and accepting people the way they are, even going as far as defining four different genders for humans - man, woman, ladyboy and hermafrodites. It is really a culture that accepts things and lives by karma's law, compared to western culture. The same is true for wanting people to learn information, because what you do to other people is what you would do to god and you could also be on the other side in another life.

    1. Re:But but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Bulllll Shit.

    2. Re:But but by stoned_hamster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      *through history but you're right. In early Christianity the Bible was written only in Latin, and translating it was forbidden. Some guy (i forget his name, sorry) translated it into German and English (not sure about the English) and spread it around He was pretty much ostracized for doing this. After he died, they dug up his body, nailed it to a cross, and set it on fire.

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    3. Re:But but by IBBoard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That "some guy" wouldn't happen to be Martin Luther, "founder" of the Protestant section of Christianity, would it?

    4. Re:But but by Dunbal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Oh god, I do hope you're joking.

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    5. Re:But but by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That "some guy" wouldn't happen to be Martin Luther, "founder" of the Protestant section of Christianity, would it?

      Hmmm, that name seems to ring a bell. No matter, his 'lifetime +70 years' copyright on it has got to be expired by now, right?

    6. Re:But but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Buddhism promotes spreading information and accepting people the way they are, even going as far as defining four different genders for humans - man, woman, ladyboy and hermafrodites.

      the and Greeks had ladyboys too. 20/20 hindsight shows they were raped children. Sicko.

      It is really a culture that accepts things and lives by karma's law, compared to western culture.

      Really? A culture that doesn't believe in karma doesn't live by it? Next you'll say that westerners don't eat tiger penises for morning wood.

    7. Re:But but by PrinceAshitaka · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Zwingli in Switzerland started the protestant moevement of Christianity, Martin Luther was a Johnny come lately.

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  2. Wait, people cook? Read magazines? by digitaldc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What is this? 1990?

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