Recipe question
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Unless it is your own recipe, it needs to be adapted due to copyright.
The only parts of a recipe that can not be copyrighted are the title and the ingredients list. Therefore, CookingBites requires that all descriptions and methods must be written in your own words. Do not copy and paste either. Doing so will get your recipe hidden from view until it has been rephrased. CookingBites requires that all photographs are your own unless you use opensource photos, in which case they must be correctly referenced. Any member repeatedly not adhering to these requirements will get their recipe(s) deleted and their account put into moderation.
See also: Recipe Copyright Advice
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SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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So it can be pretty close but not the exact same thing?
Say you changed the stages and the way it was cooked would that be enough?
Say you changed the stages and the way it was cooked would that be enough?
badjak
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I figure if you just describe how you cooked it, it would be fine..
Or link to the recipe and say what you changed
It would. There are very few court cases involving copyright of recipes. So law could be regarded as untested. But basically, its 'description' which can be copyrighted. So that includes an introduction to a recipe and the description of the method. A list of ingredients is simply a list and cannot be copyrighted.
Also, some websites owners employ bots which will search the Internet for copies of their recipes. They will then inform the hosting server of the website copying the recipe. This happened to us not so long ago and our forum was closed until we removed the recipe concerned.
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Yes.
SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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I recently read about Nagi from Recipe Tin Eats not pursuing copyright infringement because it’s so costly and risky.
A TikTok baker lifted one of her recipes verbatim and passed it off as her own. She was super cross because it was published in a book ($4million in sales) without any acknowledgement. She said if she had just asked or even apologised it would have been ok.
When you see your recipes in a $4 million book
badjak
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I figure it is just common decency to credit the creator of a recipe you use.
It's just that common decency isn't all that common these days
It's just that common decency isn't all that common these days
SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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It then transpired she’d lifted two others (that they know of) recipes directly as well.
Ok thx
Another question 
Is the recipe challenge for deliciousness or originality or presentation and/or in what proportions?
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Gateau Victoire (aka flourless chocolate cake). The recipe I base my version on is a famous dessert from a famous San Francisco restaurant which, previously kept secret, was published online in a local paper on the 20 tens, and tho supposedly the restaurant's own recipe is said to have been from another restaurant owner chef who got it from another restaurant owner chef on the 1980s who got from another restaurant owner chef who said they got it from a Julia Child recipe, who in turn got it from elsewhere. So, very tweaked. But somehow traceable. And really asks, what is an original recipe? And wherein lies the copyright or intellectual property rights?
Wondered how the cake, my version, would that scan or present on here? And what do people get brownie points for?
Is the recipe challenge for deliciousness or originality or presentation and/or in what proportions?
I
Gateau Victoire (aka flourless chocolate cake). The recipe I base my version on is a famous dessert from a famous San Francisco restaurant which, previously kept secret, was published online in a local paper on the 20 tens, and tho supposedly the restaurant's own recipe is said to have been from another restaurant owner chef who got it from another restaurant owner chef on the 1980s who got from another restaurant owner chef who said they got it from a Julia Child recipe, who in turn got it from elsewhere. So, very tweaked. But somehow traceable. And really asks, what is an original recipe? And wherein lies the copyright or intellectual property rights?Wondered how the cake, my version, would that scan or present on here? And what do people get brownie points for?
The criteria used are entirely up to the judge. Its subjective. The challenge is really a bit of fun and not to be taken too seriously. After all, unless the judge cooked and tasted all the recipes it can't really be anything other!
Wondered how the cake, my version, would that scan or present on here? And what do people get brownie points for?
As above, No brownie points really. Its down to the judge to decide.
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Don't get tied in knots! If you have adapted the recipe then thats fine. Just go ahead and post it.
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The rules for the challenge are here: The CookingBites Recipe Challenge: Rules and list of previous winners and ingredients
Previous recipes that won are here: cb challenge winning recipes
The current competition is in the featured threads.
Its nothing formal and some members aim not to win because it means they can't enter the next round. We do allow judges to enter their own recipes and encourage them to engage with members, but they can't select their own recipe to win.
Previous recipes that won are here: cb challenge winning recipes
The current competition is in the featured threads.
Its nothing formal and some members aim not to win because it means they can't enter the next round. We do allow judges to enter their own recipes and encourage them to engage with members, but they can't select their own recipe to win.
