SC - Almond Cookies

[Meliora & Drake]

At 2:28 AM -0500 2/18/98, Korrin S DaArdain wrote:

(quote from the copyright office, of which the relevant part is:)

>	Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds
>or prescriptions are not subject to copyright protection.  However, where
>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.

Or in other words, a single recipe--including the instructions (add this,
beat that, cook until it is done and ...) may be protected. A list of
ingredients is not protected. A collection of recipes, such as a cookbook,
even without directions, might be protected.

The idea embodied in the recipe is never protected, so the same procedure
described in entirely different words does not infringe--that is the
distinction between expression (protected) and idea (unprotected-unless you
have a patent).

In any case, thanks for getting the language of the act and the copyright
office summary.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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