Another storm in a tea cup and another thread derailed

I think even the less intelligent among us are aware of copyright, its principles and at whom it's really aimed to protect. Whilst technically copyright may have been breached with the content of meggeth's helpful compilation of recipes, I hardly think many of the owners will be particularly bothered, other than one or two . If they don't like it all they need to do is ask the author to remove them. The rest of us will take it in the spirit tin which it was created - for the benefit of anybody new to the journey, wanting some good tips and good recipes, all thrown together in one quick reference document. The biggest advantage - no bickering, no barrack room lawyers or know it alls, no windbags and absolutely 100% ON TOPIC. The later point being something that all posters should take note of.
I'm sure meggeth is now wishing he had never bothered spending the time it took to put this helpful guide together. And i'm sure certain people in other "fora", commonly referred to as forums, albeit incorrectly, but who gives a damn, will be rubbing their hands together. It is very apparent to those of us that have been active here for some time, that behind every bun fight, it's the same individuals stirring things up. One of them has now gone thankfully but the others remain. The rest of us just need to learn to bite our tongues, ignore them and get on with the reason that drove us here in the first place - the cooking of BIR curry and not paragraph 7, subsection 2b of any law pertaining to copyright, pissing up back alleys, speeding or any other common misdamenour.
My sincere apologies to the starter of the thread for adding to the off topic discourse, but even my patience is being tried. I am getting sick to death of watching this forum tearing itself apart because of pathetic rants and childish bickering. Can you wonder at it that good solid members join mr know it all's forum given the cloud that constantly decends on this site !!!!
Rant over. Apologies again meggeth. Well done on your e-book. I'm sure many will appreciate your efforts.