While I think responses like CI doesn't exactly help their cause, the blogger didn't really help the discourse of achieving what should have the ultimate cause. Look at the RIAA vs Napster, neither won in this case (we all know lars ulrich was the one that ultimately lost). Bloggers (no one in particular) have long been ripping off material with no credit given. These businesses or authors are making a living sometimes employing other individuals with what they do. And I see recipes ripped out of the french laundry cook book or Alton Browns material on youtube. I wonder how these people sleep at night.

CI is somewhat of a reliable resource for people. I don't get how people are so upset about the word "perfect" or "best". When McDonald's says their meat is 100% beef, do you get all up in arms about this? Its called marketing.
While a lot of CI's recipes are mostly a base, I find it easy to add what I like to it. If you are in this same position, CI probably isn't for you. I don't know a lot about foreign food, so when a taste test comes along, I am more apt to try their recommendation vs someone that has had one all their life and all they know, nor would I just buy something off the shelf without research of the product. Some of us don't have 5 hours a day to figure out what we want to eat. And in the end if it didn't work, no heart feelings, I'll try something else.

Last thing I'll say is if you sign up for something without reading the fine print, you are doing yourself a disservice to complain about what happens after that. It was your fault and people like you are the reason we will have government control over the internet. Please people, DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ.