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Recipe Site

by lissylou
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Just wondered if somebody could help me.

I would like to start a site in a particular niche and one of the main focuses will be recipes.

I need to know whether I am allowed to use recipes from other free recipe sites, for example allrecipies.

Or could I use them from recipe books but change the way they are written slightly.

I am not looking for you to tell me how to rip someone off - I want to make sure I do this in the proper/legal way!

Thanks
Alice
#recipe #site
  • Profile picture of the author Peter May
    I wouldn't use someone elses without permission instead I would just buy some recipe PLR material, they are not expensive.

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  • Profile picture of the author mandark
    I recommend unique content, but if you do choose to borrow recipes from a site, I'd check their terms of service first.
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    • Profile picture of the author KenJ
      I have used other peoples recipes on a website. I have also printed some in my books.

      I always get permission. If you ask most people are happy with it. Some will ask for a link or a mention.

      If you don't get permission then move onto the next recipe.

      P.S. Most recipes would have to be pretty unique to be able to copyright.

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      • Profile picture of the author Truckster
        I don't think you can copyright a recipe. You can reprint them but any blurb about method etc may be protected. Recipe sites are hard to rank as the comp. is fierce unles you have a unique angle. One I saw recently dealt only with mediteranean cooking in clay pots, search volume for that would be fairly tiny I would think.
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  • Profile picture of the author DownloadDan
    The list of ingredients in a recipe cannot be protected, but the instructions can. When you "borrow" a recipe always change the instructions slightly.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Do you intend on monetizing this site? If so, commercial intent should DEFINITELY be considered as part of your viability assessment.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marvin Johnston
    One recipe site I am aware of became an authority site, and a subsequent book was written with submitted recipes.

    You might think about user generated content instead of trying to supply all of the recipes and information yourself.

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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
      The list of ingredients can probably not be copyrighted but the publishing of that content is immediately under copyright at least in the US. That means it is against the law to copy it from their website without their permission.

      If you can get the recipes in some other way under someone's TOS you can certainly publish those with no issue even if they are exactly the same as Allrecipes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Media_Mogul
    Hi Alice,
    Congratulations on asking about the right way to do this. Some people wouldn't bother.

    I've read online the same information that two others already posted. A list of ingredients cannot be copyrighted, but the preparation instructions are, once they are published.

    If you find other sources that allow you to republish their recipes, perhaps with attribution, obviously that would be fine.

    You can purchase PLR recipes. One source that I know of is YummyPLR. It's a monthly membership site run by Nicole Dean, but they also offer some packs for sale without buying a membership. Also, check 'Recipe PLR' in your favorite search engine.

    You also might be able to find some other sources in the Public Domain. Debra Conrad, who's also a member here on WF, has a site called Public Domain Treasure Hunter and one of her recent postings was about starting a recipe blog or publishing cookbooks by repurposing Public Domain content.

    Best of luck to you.
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