jmcquown wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Omelet wrote:
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> zxcvbob > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Omelet wrote:
>>>>>>> In article >,
>>>>>>> "Hugh" > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rec.food.recipes is a moderated newsgroup. The moderator
>>>>>>>> retired. No one has emerged who wants to take that role.
>>>>>>> I offered, but they rejected me because I drove a mac. :-(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Better to let the group die, I guess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone is interested, we could try starting one up on Yahoogroups?
>>>>> Several of us could run it as co-moderators?
>>>>
>>>> Think about the rules. If any. Also, what would the ramifications
>>>> be for rfc? How would the group differ from what we have here? How
>>>> would it differ from rfr (as it was, of course)?
>>>>
>>>> Might be interesting, but I wouldn't want to see it supplant rfc.
>>>>
>>>> My immediate thoughts would be:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Recipe-oriented
>>>> 2. Discussion of recipes and prose related to the recipes allowed
>>>> (but then where do you draw the line, so you don't slip into banter?)
>>>> 3. Tried and true recipes only (made clear in some way with the
>>>> submission) UNLESS someone asks for a specific recipe--and then the
>>>> fact that is has not been tried should be made clear.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jean B.
>>>
>>>>
>>> There are already moderated "recipe" groups on Yahoo. I should know,
>>> I got kicked off one for submitting what the moderators felt was a
>>> "copyrighted" recipe. I personally am not for some (ahem) yahoos
>>> deciding what is and what isn't copyrighted. AFAIK, my recipes are
>>> copyrighted. As long as someone gives proper attribution rather than
>>> claim them as their own I don't give a rip who re-posts them. But
>>> they were a bunch of uptight nellies, acting like they were going to
>>> be sued (as if anyone really pays that much attention). I posted
>>> this from a microwave cookbook I got with my microwave oven back in
>>> 1980. So sorry it didn't tell me who came up with the following
>>> (delicious!) recipe:
>>>
>>> Almond Butter Crunch
>>
>> Mmmm. I do something similar on the stove top.
>>
> It's akin to making peanut brittle except it's almond brittle. I
> seriously doubt the recipe was ever copyrighted.
>
>> You bring up some interesting points re sources. You, like me and
>> many others, may not have noted sources way back when we started
>> collecting recipes.... Just this morning, I was thinking of a recipe
>> I have for Salzburg Nockerln (not looking this up, so I have the words
>> a bit wrong). It is unlike any other recipes I have seen for it. I am
>> pretty sure I copied it out of an old cookbook that was in the bowels
>> of my local library--or some other library. I'm sure the book has
>> long since been ousted from wherever it was. So, does that mean I can
>> never share this recipe?
>>
> According to the people on that particular web forum, yes, you can never
> share that recipe. If any of the moderators thinks it came from a
> cookbook, then no, you can't post it.
>
>> And would moderators have some legal liability for recipes that came
>> from books?
>>
> Doubtful. Who is watching? Who really cares?
>
>> BTW, that gets me back to the stripping of various things from recipes
>> that end up on rfr's archives.... I wonder what the legal
>> ramifications of THAT might be?
>>
> No idea. I never saw anything there that was original or even appealing.
>
>> Another pondering I have had... If one posts a recipe with its
>> source, can it ever be considered to be an ad of sorts for the source?
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.
>
> Only if it's an ad for Campbell's soup
>
> Jill

LOL!

And such rules would eliminate many things. Hey, even many
heirloom recipes turn out to have definite published sources.

--
Jean B.