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Originally Posted by oldschool1982  So let me get this straight. If the copyright laws are as Kiss states then the Azzholes at the Big Tree Inn or more specifically Campus Auxillary Services (that's who they were at the time) in Geneseo NY owe me for keeping my recipes when they terminated me? Even though I notified them by registed letter that the recipes were mine and they had no right to them. Now this is been almost 9 yrs that I've held on to it becasue of so many, many, many reasons. PM me if ya want to know some of them but they terminated me while we were on vacation and by certified mail to boot. Anyone interested in a client and 9yrs worth of back sales royalties?  |
The Copyright Office states this -
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How do I protect my recipe?
A mere listing of ingredients is not protected under copyright law. However, where a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions, or when there is a collection of recipes as in a cookbook, there may be a basis for copyright protection. Note that if you have secret ingredients to a recipe that you do not wish to be revealed, you should not submit your recipe for registration, because applications and deposit copies are public records. See FL 122, Recipes.
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So because you have a "collection" of recipes, they may be Copyright material. You should seek some proper legal advice.
You should also note that the Copyright Office says that for you to start legal action, your Copyright must be registered. That is the part which may or may not be legal...But that is for Americans to sort out.
For example, if a person stole your car it would not matter if the car was registered or not, it would still be theft. To demand that a registration fee be paid before the police will take action to recover your car, could be considered almost blackmail...
Yet the U.S Government is doing exactly that when it comes to Copyright. They will not recognise, at Law, your automatically granted copyright ownership unless your first pay them a registeration fee. No other country, that I know of, does that.
I hope that is of help.
