On Sun, 17 May 2009 15:55:45 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Mack A. Damia wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:21:24 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>> wrote:
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>>> "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.



Mere lists of ingredients and steps to prepare a dish obviously cannot
be copyrighted. Don't copy the recipe word-for-word and you'll be
safe.

Wordy recipes annoy me anyway!
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