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"It looks like Cooks Source, the New England magazine that was bullied by the web after republishing a blogger's article without permission, compensation, nor later, an apology, has been shamed into shutting down.\nYesterday morning, an unsigned apology of sorts, seemingly authored by editor Judith Griggs, was posted to the website along with the news that the public fallout from the copyright infringement \"is probably the final straw for Cooks Source.\"\n\"We have never been a great money-maker even with all the good we do for businesses,\" the note reads. \"Having a black mark won't help...and now, our black mark will become our shroud. Winters are bleak in Western New England, and as such they are bleak for Cooks Source as well. This will end us. In the end if we did keep going, I would (very gladly) hire someone else to serve as editor and just continue my work with the towns.\"\nThe note goes on to thank Cook Source's readers, advertisers, writers and other affiliates, and address the wronged blogger: \"To one writer in particular, Monica Gaudio, I wish you had given me a chance,\" the note concludes.\nThe note \u2014 and the rest of Cook Source's website has since been taken down. Cookssource.com now redirects to intuit.com. It's unclear whether the site has been taken down because of traffic overload or because Cooks Source has, in fact, shuttered \u2014 or if the site is down for another reason entirely.\nHow do you feel about the announcement? Was the web's public shaming of Cooks Source and its editor justified, given the outcome?\nImage courtesy of Flickr, squacco\n[via Boston.com]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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