It seemed to me that she was having trouble expressing herself in her reply - I translated it for her:
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Originally Posted by Judith Griggs
But honestly Monica, 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!
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What she really meant to say was: We can take anything we want to from anyone on the web and we're doing them a favor by not giving them credit.
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Originally Posted by Judith Griggs=Judith Griggs
It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of...
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What she really meant to say was: You're stupid and don't know how the real world works.
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Originally Posted by Judith Griggs
... you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing,
and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio.
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What she really meant to say was: You're a crappy writer.
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Originally Posted by Judith Griggs
For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution.
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What she really meant to say was: There is no way in heck I'm giving anyone any money, especially some place that doesn't need it anyway.
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Originally Posted by Judith Griggs
We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me... ALWAYS for free!
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What she really meant to say was: I'll counter sue you if you push this. You're young and, let me point out again, not a very good writer - I did you a favor and you should be grateful.