Comments on: Freezer Cooking Recipes from Woman’s World Magazine http://frozenassets.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/freezer-cooking-recipes-from-womans-world-magazine/ Cook for a Day -- Eat for a Month! Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ruthie http://frozenassets.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/freezer-cooking-recipes-from-womans-world-magazine/#comment-247 Ruthie Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:11:24 +0000 http://frozenassets.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/freezer-cooking-recipes-from-womans-world-magazine/#comment-247 The recipe looks delicious and not to hard to make. The recipe looks delicious and not to hard to make.

]]> By: Jolie http://frozenassets.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/freezer-cooking-recipes-from-womans-world-magazine/#comment-230 Jolie Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:09:23 +0000 http://frozenassets.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/freezer-cooking-recipes-from-womans-world-magazine/#comment-230 I just read at the California Library their legal finding that recipes are considered "facts" under copyright law and are reprintable or usable somewhere else without being illegal. <blockquote>Hi, Jolie ... Thanks for your comment! Just to clarify slightly, the ingredients of a recipe are the "facts" of the recipe and not-copyrighted. But the important point to keep in mind is that it's a "collection" of recipes such as you'd find in a cookbook or magazine article, that IS protected under copyright laws. Not the facts of the recipes individually, but the entire collection. So the reprinting of the complete article's collection from Woman's World is actually a breach of US Copyright laws (although just sharing the ingredient list and brief instructions of an individual recipe probably wouldn't be). Hope that makes some sort of sense. Sorry if it was confusing in some way. ~Debi</blockquote> I just read at the California Library their legal finding that recipes are considered “facts” under copyright law and are reprintable or usable somewhere else without being illegal.

Hi, Jolie …

Thanks for your comment! Just to clarify slightly, the ingredients of a recipe are the “facts” of the recipe and not-copyrighted. But the important point to keep in mind is that it’s a “collection” of recipes such as you’d find in a cookbook or magazine article, that IS protected under copyright laws. Not the facts of the recipes individually, but the entire collection. So the reprinting of the complete article’s collection from Woman’s World is actually a breach of US Copyright laws (although just sharing the ingredient list and brief instructions of an individual recipe probably wouldn’t be).

Hope that makes some sort of sense. Sorry if it was confusing in some way.

~Debi

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