References
  • “Are Recipes Protected by Copyright Law?”. Kiera Boyd. Fasken. The Angle. Lexology. Published: 2021-07-07. Accessed: 2024-10-31T04:50Z. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bc2cc721-99bc-47f0-be4f-727f25421201.

    • In [Publications International, Ltd. v. Meredith Corp. 88 F.3d 473 (7th Cir. 1996) ], the court stated that a functional list of ingredients cannot be considered original within the meaning of the Copyright Act.

    • In Lambing v. Godiva Chocolatier, 142 F. 3d 434 (6th Cir. 1998) [Lambing], the court stated plainly that recipes are not protected by copyright, completely ignoring the possibility that a recipe could contain enough expressive elements to make it copyrightable.

    • Canadian courts have not yet addressed the issue of copyright in recipes […]. Under Canadian copyright law, facts, formulas, and ideas are not protected by copyright. This means that just like in the U.S., recipes which only list ingredients (facts) and the steps that one takes to complete the recipe (formulas) are likely not protected by copyright in Canada.

    • Based on current Canadian copyright law and the leading caselaw on the subject in the U.S., a list of ingredients or matter-of-fact instructions regarding the process of creating a recipe is unlikely to be protected by copyright law.

  • keepitquickk. “Is it unethical to use online recipes for my restaurant? Am I stealing someone’s work?”. r/NoStupidQuestions. Reddit. Published: 2021-11-16T16:00:59.196Z. Accessed: 2024-10-31T04:58Z. https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/qvb0gy/comment/hkv7xg6/.

    • […] you can’t copyright a recipe […]

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Stories are, though, which is why recipes have long, rambling introductions about the author’s grandmother’s childhood in a small village in Sicily or whatever.

  • inverted_deflector@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s crazy when you consider how many things even back in the gilded age were legislated as common sense that in the modern era are tied up in lots of trademark and copyright red tape because unlike the old thing it involves computers or an app.

    Like libraries would not have become a thing if we tried to invent them in the modern era.

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Yep. This is why online recipe sites put a whole goddamn personal essay before the actual recipe: if someone scrapes the page and copies it, they’ll scrape the (copyrightable) essay as well as the (non-copyrightable) recipe.

    • LovableSidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’m pretty sure they do it to pad out the content so 87 ads will fit, but the scrape theory’s cute too.

      • unmagical@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Well, aside from it being illegal for any entity except Coke to handle one of the ingredients.

          • unmagical@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Coca leaves. They’re de-coked prior to use, but they’re still a controlled substance. Coke has an exception built into the law that effectively makes them the only country company in the US that can access them (possibly outside of medical, I’m not really sure and don’t care to check). There’s not a lot in the drink anymore as it is, just enough to keep the name.

            • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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              2 months ago

              Coke has an exception built into the law that effectively makes them the only country in the US that can access them

              TIL Coca-Cola is a country in the US.

              • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                Ah yes, the Country of Coca-Cola. Located in Atlanta Georgia, Coca-Cola, 30313.

                Look, I don’t know how a country is located in a city, which itself is located in the country, which is located in the zip code.

                I don’t understand a lot of things in life! But I’ll unrelentlessly believe every single thing I ever hear, from every single person who says anything! Surely theres no controlling party with an agenda that stands to gain power and influence by controlling the masses through a series of misinformation campaigns over the coarse of multiple generations spanning back nearly a centry ago…

                Welp. See you all at the polls this Tuesday! What could POSSIBLY go wrong???

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Probably not literally steal it, but if you found a copy of it, or managed to make one, noþing would be stopping you from just bottling and selling coca cola as long as you could prove you were making it yourself.