Mack A. Damia wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:21:24 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>
>>> And would moderators have some legal liability for recipes that came from
>>> books?
>>>
>> Doubtful. Who is watching? Who really cares?
>
> Funny about recipes. Stricly speaking, they cannot be copyrighted.
>
> Copied from U.S. Gov't Copyright Site........
>
> "Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds, or
> prescriptions are not subject to copyright protection. However, when a
> recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in
> the form of an explanation or directions, or when there is a
> combination of recipes, as in a cookbook, there may be a basis for
> copyright protection."
>
> http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html
>
I have seen that before. So the answer, which seems a bit sleezy,
esp. if one know the source and hasn't tinkered with the recipe at
all, is to modify the prose.

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Jean B.