But look in your quote below (see my added bold). Almost every recipe I've
seen, whether or not in a cookbook, includes at least some explanation or
directions. Recipes, then, would have to be analyzed to determine
copyrightability, would they not?
Freya
John P. McNeill wrote:
> See http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html
>
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
> [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Wallace J.McLean
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 4:45 PM
> To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
> Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: music playlists
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steven Jamar <sjamar[_at_]law.howard.edu>
> Date: Friday, April 1, 2005 4:25 pm
> Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: music playlists
>
> > recipes are not copyrightable.
>
> Says who?
>
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