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Vegetarian / Re: Carrot & Spinach Slice
« on: June 27, 2010, 07:33:59 am »
It's actually very upsetting for me to read this thread. Assumptions have been made, never mind my website or the content but to my actual character. I have received a significant number of abusive, derogatory and threatening emails which I have handled nothing but professionally. How about some perspective.... I encourage you to contact me directly instead of using this public forum to make any further assumptions about me, my site or intentions.
As drafted by my husband in response to this thread:
There seems to be a bit of confusion in this forum about publication of recipes on the Internet.
1. An individual recipe, by definition, cannot be copyrighted if all it consists of is a list of ingredients and a method. It may be legally and freely copied and distributed. It cannot be “owned” by anyone, unless the author has explicitly taken copyright protection action. Posting a recipe on a forum does not give the poster any special rights.
2. If you don’t want a recipe to be shared by many people, then why publish it to a public Internet forum? Isn’t the intention to have as many people find and read it as possible?
3. I derive no commercial benefit whatsoever from the recipes on StephBerg.com. The recipes are provided as a valued service to existing and prospective Thermomix customers all over the world. Many hours of unpaid effort are put into keeping the website active and current.
4. It is somewhat hypocritical to level criticism at me for copying information to my website, and then go and paste the contents of a private and personal email onto this forum without consulting me.
5. None of the recipes on StephBerg.com are claimed to be “mine” – the website clearly states that they come from a variety of sources, and wherever known if possible and practical, that source is acknowledged.
6. I do not automatically assume the poster of a recipe to be the author of a recipe.
As drafted by my husband in response to this thread:
There seems to be a bit of confusion in this forum about publication of recipes on the Internet.
1. An individual recipe, by definition, cannot be copyrighted if all it consists of is a list of ingredients and a method. It may be legally and freely copied and distributed. It cannot be “owned” by anyone, unless the author has explicitly taken copyright protection action. Posting a recipe on a forum does not give the poster any special rights.
2. If you don’t want a recipe to be shared by many people, then why publish it to a public Internet forum? Isn’t the intention to have as many people find and read it as possible?
3. I derive no commercial benefit whatsoever from the recipes on StephBerg.com. The recipes are provided as a valued service to existing and prospective Thermomix customers all over the world. Many hours of unpaid effort are put into keeping the website active and current.
4. It is somewhat hypocritical to level criticism at me for copying information to my website, and then go and paste the contents of a private and personal email onto this forum without consulting me.
5. None of the recipes on StephBerg.com are claimed to be “mine” – the website clearly states that they come from a variety of sources, and wherever known if possible and practical, that source is acknowledged.
6. I do not automatically assume the poster of a recipe to be the author of a recipe.
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