Recipe Copyright Advice
Copyright and the law regarding individual recipes posted online is unclear. It varies from country to country.
So CookingBites makes the following recommendations:
References
I'll keep the CookingBites policy simple and clear.
A few sites make it clear that they do not want you to copy their recipes. CookingBites.com requests that you honour their wishes. If contacted by them, we will remove recipes found to be in violation of their wishes.
Recipes published in books or other media (newspapers, magazines etc), are covered by different copyright laws
They are country specific and they can be author or publisher specific as well. Read the copyright section inside that particular media to familiarise yourself with it. If in doubt, assume that the above rules apply.
CookingBites does not allow photographs of any part of a recipe from any publication.
As always, the link at the bottom of this page is the published version. If it differs from the above, please let me know and follow the official version.
Copyright and the law regarding individual recipes posted online is unclear. It varies from country to country.
So CookingBites makes the following recommendations:
- Titles can be copied. It can not be copyrighted.
- The description is subject to copyright laws, so rewrite it in your own words.
- The ingredients list can be copied. Again, it can not be copyrighted to the best of our knowledge.
- The method is subject to copyright laws, so must be rewritten in your own words.
- Photographs vary, but are usually subject to copyright laws, so use your own where possible, otherwise try copyright free images and credit accordingly.
References
I'll keep the CookingBites policy simple and clear.
- If you are using a recipe from another site, we simply ask that you are honest and say so: credit it as you would wish any recipe of your's to be credited and link to the source.
- If your recipe has been adapted from another recipe, then again please state adaped from … and link to the source.
- If the recipe is your's (or you believe this to be the case), again, say so. If there is any doubt, provide links to sources that you have used in creating this recipe.
A few sites make it clear that they do not want you to copy their recipes. CookingBites.com requests that you honour their wishes. If contacted by them, we will remove recipes found to be in violation of their wishes.
Recipes published in books or other media (newspapers, magazines etc), are covered by different copyright laws
They are country specific and they can be author or publisher specific as well. Read the copyright section inside that particular media to familiarise yourself with it. If in doubt, assume that the above rules apply.
CookingBites does not allow photographs of any part of a recipe from any publication.
As always, the link at the bottom of this page is the published version. If it differs from the above, please let me know and follow the official version.
