SC - Copyright

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/26/00 2:33:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, Varju at aol.com 
writes:

<< Will there be any copyright problems 
 since there is a version published so recently?
 
 Noemi
   >>

That depends. Using copyrighted material for educational purposes is usually 
permitted. Using copyrighted material for personal use is permitted. Using 
copyrighted material for commercial purposes is not permitted without 
permission. Individual recipes are formulas and are not covered although 
collections of individually copyrighted recipes are covered.

Copyright law is very hazy with respect to recipes in general and oftentimes 
the rewording of the process of using the formula is enough to bypass it. The 
addition of an ingredient and different formatting also makes it a 'new' 
creation. A good source for answers to recipe copyright are the LLewelyn 
Press lawyers. The value of any individual recipe is usually $5.00 and seldom 
if ever would any author sue over $5.00. However, in the interest of fair 
play and common courtesy, it is always wise to seek permission before 
publishing someone else's recipe. 

Works such as Sabrina's Cookbook are well within copyright law. But again, 
the question of putting them on noncommercial websites seems to fall well 
within the educational purposes clause, IMO.

Ras
(who doesn't care a single iota if others publish his recipes so long as he 
is given credit. It saves on  publishing them himself. :-))