"Honestly Monica..."

I came upon an article today that quite frankly astounded me (although I'm not sure why anything that happens should anymore). Monica Gaudio, was informed by a friend that some of her writing had been lifted from her blog and reprinted in a print magazine, Cooks Source, without her permission. Now, this is the part I find astounding. The editor, Judith Griggs, responded by saying that the Internet was public domain and that the author should have been grateful. She went on to say (more like insult) that Gaudio's writing was of poor quality. My favourite (in case Ms Griggs is reading, I'm using British spelling) part is her use of the phrase "as a professional". Ironic choice of words, considering that I would not classify any of Ms Griggs actions as anywhere being close to professional (perhaps she needs to google the word). From her decision not to obtain proper permission to use the material as well as her subsequent responses. I mean even the SPCA asked to use a 10 second video clip of my rabbit for their fundraising campaign. And I also have questions regarding her skills as an editor. Her responses have been either the world's worst attempts at an "apology", or she really need to work on her writing tone (i.e. lack of professionalism or sincerity, dripping with condescension). As for the public domain portion of the argument, I would love to see someone lift an article from something like the Time Magazine site (where I spotted this article) and reprint it...let's see how well that argument goes over. I also enjoyed the argument of how lifting occurs in many other places...Brooklyn Bridge anyone?