On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:39:10 GMT, hahabogus > wrote:

>Rusty > wrote in news:e3ca176d-4fb6-405e-9b02-
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>> People that state that the RFC Cookbook is full of exclusive
>> recipes published nowhere else haven't read the book.
>>
>> The attributions below came from the pages of
>> the RFC Cookbook.
>>
>> How many more recipes are included the without attribution.
>>
>> Were the original publishers of the recipes below
>> contacted and asked for permission before their
>> recipes were published and sold?
>>
>> How can copyright be claimed when the work is full of
>> recipes lifed from other cookbooks and magazines without permission?
>>
>> It would seem the copyright of the RFC Cookbook is
>> questionable at best.
>>
>> RFC Cookbook recipes that came from other sources
>>
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>> Rusty
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>
>Trust me my recipes are unique, the general idea might have started
>elsewhere but I add and delete many ingredients...making my recipes mine.
>
>And I reserve my recipes for the charitable use they were given....

Although I do believe permission should have been requested from
contributors in this case, and done as a common courtesy, the
copyright rules about recipes are pretty loosey-goosey insofar as what
parts of recipes make them copywritable. The "substantial literary
expression" is what makes recipes pretty good targets, unfortunately.

If there is any future compilation of recipes from the group, some
care up front may need to be taken to make known the authors' wishes
and legal standing insofar as reprinting them here or anywhere else.

Boron

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