Hello,
I am in the process of creating a website that should contain recipes (meals for people, who want to loose weight). My website will be a commercial one, so it is important that the recipes I use on the site are in no way in violation of any copyrights.
Recipes are plentiful of course. There are a lot of books, magazines and websites with recipes, but of course just using their recipes is out of the question (at least without the author's permission).
My questions:
If I rewrite the recipes in my own words, trying to get as far away as possible from the original text while still cooking the same dish
) , would that still be considered a copyright violation?
What actually is copyrighted? The title, the ingredients list, the text describing the preparation procedure, or even the "idea" for the dish itself?
I assume that the actual cooking-procedure of a meal is not protected. Is that correct? Therefore if I describe the procedure in my own words would I be allowed to do that then?
What about the title and ingredient list of the dish? Not much possibility for variation there...
I greatly appreciate any help you could give me. If you know of any websites that deal with that topic (or websites that offer copyright-free recipes or recipes that I can license for not too much money), then please point me to those. Thanks a lot!
Thank you very much for your help and advice in the matter!
Kind regards
CoolDot
I am in the process of creating a website that should contain recipes (meals for people, who want to loose weight). My website will be a commercial one, so it is important that the recipes I use on the site are in no way in violation of any copyrights.
Recipes are plentiful of course. There are a lot of books, magazines and websites with recipes, but of course just using their recipes is out of the question (at least without the author's permission).
My questions:
If I rewrite the recipes in my own words, trying to get as far away as possible from the original text while still cooking the same dish
) , would that still be considered a copyright violation?What actually is copyrighted? The title, the ingredients list, the text describing the preparation procedure, or even the "idea" for the dish itself?
I assume that the actual cooking-procedure of a meal is not protected. Is that correct? Therefore if I describe the procedure in my own words would I be allowed to do that then?
What about the title and ingredient list of the dish? Not much possibility for variation there...
I greatly appreciate any help you could give me. If you know of any websites that deal with that topic (or websites that offer copyright-free recipes or recipes that I can license for not too much money), then please point me to those. Thanks a lot!
Thank you very much for your help and advice in the matter!
Kind regards
CoolDot
