Including a link to the original recipe when posting it on my website..

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i've re written a recipe for rice in hebrew with adaptations..
my question is do i need to include a link to youtube for the original recipe and mention that it is a slightly different recipe?
i'm not sure what to do..
 
No, but you can if you like to show where you got your inspiration.

When I say no it has to do with it's legality. Ingredients are not copyrightable but if the headings and instructions are exact then you should provide a link.

Basically if completely different ingredients are used and methods are different and is therefore different from that recipe, then you don't have to provide a link.

Of course if a person is a food blogger for example and does this often it's just good ethics and practice that you show were that inspiration came from. It's just a matter of time if this is the kind of blogging where a person never sites sources will generally get caught out and is identified, which in that context can effect that bloggers reputation and of course their subscribers.

As an example; Claudine Gay, the former President of Harvard University, resigned in January 2024 following allegations of plagiarism. This is on a different level of course but it's just not something a person wants attached to their resume.

I've seen this in many forums where someone has a recipe that when you check is from a specific source and I think the average person really doesn't do it knowingly but it's often done, I've never said anything because I really don't care but if your the publisher of that property it might and if it's also somewhere where that person might be generating an income, say a magazine, recipe website etc.
 
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If you post a published recipe word for word, Specifically the steps to prepare the recipe, that's copyright infringement. It doesn't matter if you "give credit" to the creator of the recipe, it's still copyright infringement. All you can do is post a link to the recipe.

If you've made significant changes to the procedure of the recipe, then you are OK.
 
See also Recipe Tin Eats vs Brooke Bellamy.
I agree with all of the above - it’s about not just copying the recipe from someone else, you have to tweak it to make it your own. Most of us use recipes as a starting point and then we will use our other experiences and ingredients to create something that we can make our own.
 
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