I am aware of the rules of this board and certainly try to abide by them and am reminded pleasantly by the administrators when I don't. BUT I just don't get it at all.
On EVERY other board I visit on the internet recipes are posted and attributed if they are copied, as from Ina Garten's cookbook. In fact, I was reading Ina's recipe on a board, got mixed up where I was (thinking I was here) and said, "Hey, how come SHE can do that and I can't" and then came to my sense of place.
I "get" the part of the oft quoted copyright law that extensive "personal remarks from the chef" (for example) cannot be included in a quote. Although, I am pretty sure you could say "Edna Lewis says that this is how her family in Virginia made this stock for generations". Reading the same section of that oft quoted copyright law also always seems to say to me that it is OK to quote the rest of the recipe--but that seems to just be my reading of it.
So, and not to be contentious, please just explain to me one more time why this is the case here and not everywhere else. I am just wondering. I understand the huge fine threat. And if it is just the way it is chosen to interpret all this here, then that, of course, is OK also. But, there are some pretty high powered boards that don't seem to have a problem with a cut and paste.
I am also of the opinion, shared often by others on various venues, that there are really NO original recipes--just everyone's different "takes" on ingredients. ;o) Have a great holiday season.
On EVERY other board I visit on the internet recipes are posted and attributed if they are copied, as from Ina Garten's cookbook. In fact, I was reading Ina's recipe on a board, got mixed up where I was (thinking I was here) and said, "Hey, how come SHE can do that and I can't" and then came to my sense of place.
I "get" the part of the oft quoted copyright law that extensive "personal remarks from the chef" (for example) cannot be included in a quote. Although, I am pretty sure you could say "Edna Lewis says that this is how her family in Virginia made this stock for generations". Reading the same section of that oft quoted copyright law also always seems to say to me that it is OK to quote the rest of the recipe--but that seems to just be my reading of it.
So, and not to be contentious, please just explain to me one more time why this is the case here and not everywhere else. I am just wondering. I understand the huge fine threat. And if it is just the way it is chosen to interpret all this here, then that, of course, is OK also. But, there are some pretty high powered boards that don't seem to have a problem with a cut and paste.
I am also of the opinion, shared often by others on various venues, that there are really NO original recipes--just everyone's different "takes" on ingredients. ;o) Have a great holiday season.