Re: Is it copyright infringement to sell the result of a copywritten recipe?



In article <1130707976.998863.65470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
needin4mation@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Is it a violation of copyright if I follow a recipe and sell the
> result? For example, if I see a recipe for chocolate chip cookies on
> the back of the box of Toll-House, follow that recipe, and then sell
> the product, is that product that is sold a violation of any copyright
> law? Doesn't the copyright just have to do with my copying the literary
> version, the words or the recipe, not the outcome of the formula or
> recipe? Thanks for any help.
>

If that were the case, then Toll House could sue every single high
school fund raiser that had a bake sale.

Get real. ;-)

Cheers!
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
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