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Dimitri
 
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"JK" > wrote in message
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> Yes I do but there is this thing called copyright you idiot!


http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html
Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds or prescriptions
are not subject to copyright protection. However, where 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.

Protection under the copyright law (title 17 of the United States Code, section
102) extends only to "original works of authorship" that are fixed in a tangible
form (a copy). "Original" means merely that the author produced the work by his
own intellectual effort, as distinguished from copying an existing work.
Copyright protection may extend to a description, explanation, or illustration,
assuming that the requirements of the copyright law are met.

To register the directions or instructions of a recipe or cookbook, send the
following three elements in the same envelope or package to the Library of
Congress, Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C.
20559-6000.