copywriting recipes?

KingofGreen said:

How would you copywrite a recipe without ruining/changing it?

I wouldn't think changing the volume of ingredients would be good enough to be called "origional" nor would just changing the order of the list..

Mind shedding some light on this?

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MafiaBoss said:

changing the volume of ingredients

for the love of God, don't do that, it will ruin the recipe.ofcourse if you hire a professional chef he can help you out by changing recipes ingredients for serving 2 person to 5 persons, that will make it unique enough.and you know the rest change a little bit the step by step guide on how to cook.

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• If the work is unpublished, one complete copy
• If the work was first published in the United States on or after January 1, 1978, two complete copies of the best edition
• If the work was first published outside the United States, one complete copy of the work as first published
• If the work is a contribution to a collective work and was published after January 1, 1978, one complete copy of the best edition of the collective work or a photocopy of the contribution itself as it was published in the collective work

W130SN said:

Copyright law does not protect recipes that are mere listings of ingredients. Nor does it protect other mere listings of ingredients such as those found in formulas, compounds, or prescriptions. Copyright protection may, however, extend to substantial literary expression—a description, explanation, or illustration, for example—that accompanies a recipe or formula or to a combination of recipes, as in a cookbook.
Only original works of authorship are protected by copyright. "Original" means that an author produced a work by his or her own intellectual effort instead of copying it from an existing work.
For further information about copyright, see Circular 1, Copyright Basics. Note that if your recipe has secret ingredients that you do not want to reveal, you may not want to submit it for registration, because applications and deposit copies are public records.
Deposit requirements depend on whether a work has been published at the time of registration:

• If the work is unpublished, one complete copy
• If the work was first published in the United States on or after January 1, 1978, two complete copies of the best edition
• If the work was first published outside the United States, one complete copy of the work as first published
• If the work is a contribution to a collective work and was published after January 1, 1978, one complete copy of the best edition of the collective work or a photocopy of the contribution itself as it was published in the collective work

Source:http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html

Also useful to you:
http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2013/06/can-you-copyright-a-recipe.html
http://opensourcecook.com/recipes-copyright-law
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=copyright+a+recipe

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silvermember said:

mr green, I m a chef!! let me tell you something, just between you and me you cannot just do what you want with recipes, they are called recipes for a reason, changing the volume doesn't change the whole thing.

If you want to have unique content, as mentioned above hire a chef (not me) please, who are writing you that stuff, or you cook it by yourself and write every bits and pieces down. Voila --> your unique recipe if eatable

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