[Sca-cooks] NPR Segment on Copyright infringement

[David Friedman]

>I dunno....I just know that these are the rules that I have to follow for
>publications in the SCA...per rulings by our SCA lawyers.  That's why the
>last CA has a special nod to Master Huon as the author of Gode
>Cookery...most of the instructions from period recipes come from his
>book...and they comprised more than 25% of the content of that issue.


This sounds as though you are mixing issues of plagiarism with issues 
of copyright infringement. Giving credit doesn't help with copyright 
issues--if the material is covered by copyright, you need permission 
from the holder.

>No, according to the information I have, the portions, etc. are not...just
>the instructions and commentary.


Correct. Quantities are idea, so not covered by copyright.

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