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Originally Posted by pwalker8
My point was that if you copy a recipe from a web page, or from a newspaper and then share it with a friend, you have technically violated copyright. While the list of ingredients isn't under copyright, the instructions are.
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Nope. Basic instructions to go with those ingredients are not copyrighted, either. There has to be additional authorial input involving "substantial literary expression" to invoke copyright. Description of a procedure or process isn't sufficient.