Cooks Source, Copyright And Public Domain

from National Public Radio

Cooks Source, a Massachusetts-based food magazine, recently published a story about apple pie. Problem was the story was copied and re-edited from the Web without the author's knowledge. The editor of Cooks Source says "the Web is considered public domain." For more on the legal issues here, NPR's Melissa Block talks to intellectual property lawyer Margaret Esquenet.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 8, 2010