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Originally Posted by twowheels
And by this you show yourself to suffer the same faulty thinking. Many recipes are also copyrighted.
(not judging, just pointing it out)
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Actually, recipes themselves cannot be copyrighted. From the US Copyright website:
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Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds, or prescriptions are not subject to copyright protection. However, when 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.
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So, a recipe isn't protected by copyright, although accompanying text, photographs, etc, may of course be.