Interestingly, the life stories surrounding recipes may be a form of copyright protection. > In the U.S. copyright law doesn't protect "a mere listing of ingre

Interestingly, the life stories surrounding recipes may be a form of copyright protection. > In the U.S. copyright law doesn't protect "a mere listing of ingredients," but "where a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions... there may be a basis for copyright protection." This is from an article about a tool developed to extract recipes from their blogs: https://www.eater.com/22307633/why-are-people-mad-at-recipeasly-recipe-blog-criticism https://www.eater.com/22307633/why-are-people-mad-at-recipea...