[Meanwhile, if you want to share a recipe from a public source, best bet would be just to refer to the source, or link to the sight. Or take the time to obtain permission to reprint from the owner.]
But that was done. The source in this case was the cookbook and that was a no-no.
How can it be wrong to ask questions about a certain recipe in that book anyway?
What's the point of us buying any cookbook then if we can't discuss or share a recipe from it here or on any other cooking/baking site without getting our knuckles rapped?
I realize that the cookbook and recipes are copyrighted, but really, if no one ever discussed how good or bad the recipes were or asked questions about the ingredients in said recipes to other people for fear they'd get into trouble, no news good or bad about this cookbook would ever be passed on!
[BTW, most of the time copyright owners have no problems granting you that right, so long as due credit is given. For instance, a cookbook publisher will gladly let you reprint one recipe from a book, in the hopes that it will encourage others to buy the book"]
In the past three months I have purchased 2 cookbooks because a certain recipe on someones blog/website caught my eye.
The persons that have the blogs/websites do say what cookbook they got the recipe from as their 'source', but I've never seen any mention of having permission from the author to use said recipe.
To me this can only be a good thing for any cookbook author though.
Think about it, someone buys your cookbook, is so thrilled with one of your recipes they put the recipe on their blog/website to share with others.
Along comes someone like me to that blog/website, sees the recipe and the cookbook its from and promptly goes out and buys it.
That can only be a good thing for the cookbook author right?!
I can see the author/authors objecting if someone posted their cookbook page by page for all to see.
But if its just one recipe posted here and there that in the long run might help make their cookbook more popular, I don't understand the objection at all..
Sorry for being so long winded here. Just wanted to get my thoughts across..  |