[Judy in Waco]

Originally Posted by iloveemmy

I have been proofing recipes today and unfortunately made a discovery that I need to make you aware of--please do NOT [/B]submit recipes that are not your own. Do NOT take recipes off websites (like Food Network, Southern Living, All Recipes, etc.) or out of other people's cookbooks (like Emeril, Ina Garden, Bobby Flay, etc.) and claim them as your own. This is copyright infringement and YT can get in serious trouble for this. I have seen several recipes like this.

My suggestion--if you submitted recipes from another cookbook or website, PM me (or another proofreader) and we will delete them from the cookbook. It would be so much easier to let us know now, than for us to have to look up every single recipe submitted.

Most of you have submitted (I'm sure) your own recipes...this is just a heads-up for those that did not know about copyright laws!

~What is copyright infringement?
Copyright infringement occurs when a person copies someone else's copyrighted items without permission. This would also include public display of a copy of copyrighted work.

~What kind of penalties can be imposed for copyright infringement?
If it is determined that a person is guilty of copyright infringement, penalties could include a court order to stop producing that item, confiscation of the items, and paying the owner of the copyright any profits you received (or could have received) as well as attorney fees.

Hey Vallery,
Would you please check that? I went back to another thread about the cookbook before I submitted a certain recipe and found this quote by Mistyinca

"Years ago, I used to belong to an online text-based web service called GEnie (anyone remember that one?) Anyway, we'd share recipes formatted for recipe programs. As far as copyright goes, this is what I learned:

Individual recipes are not copyrighted. Compilations of recipes are, as well as the unique stories and such that goes with it. So as far as I recall, the magic number was 3. If you were including 3 recipes from any one book, then it was copyright infringement.

If you take a so-and-so's recipe for say tuna casserole, and you have found that you don't add peas to it, but greenbeans, it is YOUR recipe now anyway. Maybe you don't add 1/4 ts black pepper, but 1/8 teaspoon. Same thing. Maybe you don't boil your noodles first, but add extra liquid to it and bake it all together--see where I'm going...

Hope that helps,"

It was this thread and post #8

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...light=cookbook

That's the information I used and many others may have also. I submitted one recipe from a cookbook...the Oreo-inspired cookies. The other two are our own family recipes. Please remove it if you find that it is a copyright violation.

Thanks!
Judy