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Originally Posted by montsnmags
(I am not part of the legions of undead lawyers that my Montsnmags Enterprises retain, nor have I consulted them, but...)
...I don't believe you can copyright a recipe (in general, I believe in most locations). Or, to be more precise, I think you can't copyright lists of ingredients and methods, though you can copyright the actual, original presentation of them. Scanning a recipe from a book and re-posting it, let's say, here, would generally be a no-no, as likely would be verbatim reproduction (assuming the recipe could be construed as an "original literary work". Something like "Boil water. Add egg. Remove after two minutes" would likely struggle for "original literary work" status.  ) Re-presenting a recipe in your own words/pictures here would not be infringing. Posting some telly-chef's cooking book to MR in ebook form would, of course, be infringing (at least according to MR's regional hosting requirements).
Basically: the written/performed form of a recipe is usually covered by copyright, but the method/list of ingredients of the recipe itself aren't. This is why some major food suppliers (eg. Coca Cola) are so secretive about their recipes, and are sometimes seen to address the matter of potential revelation (usually via an employee's attempts to sell the secret) through "trade secrets" legislation rather than copyright.
This is in very simple terms, of which there are, no doubt, many idiosyncrasies and details and exceptions and conditional riders and regional differences, as per usual copyright detail, but I'm sure you get the gist, and, if not, you'll find googling "copyright" and "recipes" should help you out.
Cheers,
Marc
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Did you know that the secret recipe for Coca Cola is housed less than a mile from my work? Super cool!
Anyway still lazy...thanks for the advice. Hrmm how to do this...