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    Copyrights

    Published: Jun 21, 2018 · Modified: Sep 9, 2021 by Skylar · Leave a Comment

    This post reflects our current understanding of copyrights within the recipe industry at the time of writing. It is not legal advice. Always consult with a lawyer.

    As a content creator online, you have a copyright on all original content you produce.

    It's not necessary to explicitly state this on your website, but it can be useful to add it to your footer for clarification.

    Jump to:
    • What can be copyrighted?
    • Digital Millenium Copyright Act
    • Common hosting companies
    • Lumen
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    What can be copyrighted?

    Automatic copyright applies to:

    • images
    • content (eg. creative expression)

    However, you can not copyright a list of ingredients.

    If a site duplicates your ingredients, there's no violation. If they include any of your content or your images, you can file copyright claims on those.

    Digital Millenium Copyright Act

    The DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) is a law that allows you to file copyright infringement notices to have your copyrighted content taken offline.

    In particularly egregious cases, we recommend filing the notice with Google first, and then with the hosting company, after the content has been taken off Google.

    • You can submit a DMCA compliant to Google through the Google Search Console DMCA dashboard
    • You can also submit one without being logged in via Remove Content from Google tool
    • Here's the page to submit a DMCA notice to Bing
    • You can also submit copyright claims to the company that hosts a website

    See this guide from Google on how to contact a website owner.

    Common hosting companies

    • Amazon (AWS) DMCA form
    • GoDaddy DMCA form
    • SiteGround DMCA page (not a form)

    Lumen

    DMCA notices sent to Google may also be submitted to Lumen. You can use their tool to see if an infringing website has a history of unauthorized content theft.

    Lawyer

    Jamie Lieberman of HASHTAG Legal is familiar with the recipe niche and we'd highly recommend contacting her for more specific questions about copyrights.

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    While I wouldn't take this as a definitive guide, this article on is web scraping legal provides some clarification around the different issues.

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