My research lead me beleive otherwise but these days when it comes to copyright it gets a bit crazy. You most definately shouldn't be able to copyright information and knowledge, i'll put it that way. Becasue thats what it is once its taken away from the book.
What if i was to tell people the recipes verbally would i then be infringing? Where does it stop?
What if someone was to uncover a forgotten historial event, presented in a single book, via their sole research. Could they then copyright that event?
Could the author then sue anyone who recounts the event, thus silencing any source other than his book?
Also I'll just explain my understanding
The copyright covers the written text, beyond that its an idea, a piece of knowledge as i said, to protect ideas we have patents, patents are granted for new ideas/processes/technology that are original.
If you was to create a recipe for a new style of beer, using a complicated process completely unheard of, you could then file for a patent. This gives you the right to sue. The trade off is the world is then given access to your design/idea. What happens when the patent runs out and competitors start using it or publishing it, do you then out of nowhere claim copyright and re-enforce your right to sue?
Why do you think coca cola for example keep their recipe secret, because they know if it was leaked there would be nothing they could do to stop the competitors from using it and people publishing it.
1500 Ale Recipes (ingredients & percentages)
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LegTaste
Re: 1500 Ale Recipes (ingredients & percentages)
I actually missed Graham's post about collective copyright, which would make my response seem a bit over the place and off track.
Collective copyright does not mean any recipe contained is itself copyrighted.
And regardless of the claimed copyright, here are the facts, you can not copyright an ingredients list, you can not copyright a procedure/method
If an ingredients list + method = recipe, then you are out of luck.
You can however copyright the text of a recipe if it is creative and original which i think Graham stated.
I do want to make it clear, i never expressed any intent to post Graham's recipes online i merely stated a fact, and for that i was personally attacked and threatened.
For people who do wish to share their favourite recipes from books they may own, as long as you stick to the facts and and identify the procedure in basic English using common phrases, you've got nothing to worry about.
Collective copyright does not mean any recipe contained is itself copyrighted.
And regardless of the claimed copyright, here are the facts, you can not copyright an ingredients list, you can not copyright a procedure/method
If an ingredients list + method = recipe, then you are out of luck.
You can however copyright the text of a recipe if it is creative and original which i think Graham stated.
I do want to make it clear, i never expressed any intent to post Graham's recipes online i merely stated a fact, and for that i was personally attacked and threatened.
For people who do wish to share their favourite recipes from books they may own, as long as you stick to the facts and and identify the procedure in basic English using common phrases, you've got nothing to worry about.