OT copyright

January 11, 2009

Jenn, where did you get the info about instructions and copyright? I went to copyright.gov and it didn't mention instructions in particular. Just want to be clear about abiding by the law. As I courtesy I always try to give credit to recipe authors where credit is due. Of course, I do slip like the other day when I said a recipe at FFVegan was Susan's when it was submitted by someone else. (Sorry about that Susan and Courtney).MarthaJenn <batmanusdmychina Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:27:50 AMRe: UnCheese Cookbook

There is no copyright law on ingredient lists or recipe titles, published or unpublished, HOWEVER there are copyright laws on the instructions for recipes. If you copy more than 10% (I think) of the recipe instructions and pass them off as your own without giving proper credit, then it is considered to be plagerism. Where Lisa only included the ingredient list, she is OK, whether the original author agrees with it being posted or not.For example, there are only so many ways one can make a BLT (vegan or traditional) . When you only have 4 or 5 ingredients ([veggie] bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, toasted bread and maybe [veggie] mayonnaise)

if you have to change the ingredients, what else are you going to replace it with? It wouldn't be a BLT anymore without any of those ingredients. --- On Sun, 1/11/09, Lisa

<bunniee (AT) austin (DOT) rr.com> wrote:Lisa <bunniee (AT) austin (DOT) rr.com>

well since I have the Uncheese cookbook I already know who the author

is. Fancy that. Anyone can easily look up the information online or

in a bookstore/library. As I mentioned before, the recipe is posted on

several websites, with or without the author's permission. I did not

copy the instructions btw, only the ingredient list.

L

January 11, 2009

Used to work in publishing, and discovered that in regards to cooking, the US copyright laws do not consider it to be a form of inventing;

rather, it is more of an evolution of sorts. Copyright law specifies that "substantial literary

expression in the form of an explanation or directions, such as a

cookbook, can be copyrighted but that a mere list of ingredients cannot

receive that protection." (Basically, simply a list of ingredients are not copywritable, but the rest of the recipe is, including the instructions, comments, tips, etc, so make sure to write these parts entirely in your own words)It is always best to give credit where credit is due, and it is probably the best way to avoid any issues.--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Martha <mnatural22 wrote:Martha <mnatural22Re: OT copyright Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 2:58 PM

Jenn, where did you get the info about instructions and copyright? I went to copyright.gov and it didn't mention instructions in particular. Just want to be clear about abiding by the law. As I courtesy I always try to give credit to recipe authors where credit is due. Of course, I do slip like the other day when I said a recipe at FFVegan was Susan's when it was submitted by someone else. (Sorry about that Susan and Courtney).MarthaJenn <batmanusdmychina@

>Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:27:50 AMRe: UnCheese Cookbook

There is no copyright law on ingredient lists or recipe titles, published or unpublished, HOWEVER there are copyright laws on the instructions for recipes. If you copy more than 10% (I think) of the recipe instructions and pass them off as your own without giving proper credit, then it is considered to be plagerism. Where Lisa only included the ingredient list, she is OK, whether the original author agrees with it being posted or not.For example, there are only so many ways one can make a BLT (vegan or traditional) . When you only have 4 or 5 ingredients ([veggie] bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, toasted bread and maybe [veggie] mayonnaise)