Re: The net as an aid to infringement

From: Loren C. Pigniolo <lorenp[_at_]netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 17:37:26 -0800 (PST)

Now you know why Neiman-Marcus is nicknamed Needless Markup ;-) I'm sure the cookies weren't *that* great. I saw the recipie for Mrs. Fields cookies somewhere. They were like most other cookies except for a great excess of sugar and butter. No secret there.

Is copyright really the appropriate vehicle for protection of recipies? They are not literary or artistic works, just nuts and bolts of making a product. Why might they fall under copyright and not patent protection (for the cookie itself)?

This is interesting to me, as it implies that a particular variation on an historic photographic printing process, if written as a formula, might have protection as a formula and not as a product. Could this be so?

Yours,

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