Re: author needs public domain examples

On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, Michael Sobel <msobel[_at_]gj.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/01/2000, Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Michael Sobel <msobel[_at_]gj.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > How about recipes (dependiing on how they are written)?
> >
> > Well, a mere listing of ingredients is in the public
> > domain. Do you have an example you'd like to share?
>
> No specific example. Just my general understanding that the
> courts have found that basic recipes (i.e., those without
> prosaic instructions) are not copyrightable. You probably
> could find cases fairly easily by putting in a search in a
> legal court decision database.

There is an Information Circular on Recipes at the Copyright Office site:

   http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/fls/fl122.htm

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