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> let alone the irrelevant blogs that so many cooking websites attach to their recipe pages

Recipes themselves can't be copyrighted.

https://copyrightalliance.org/are-recipes-cookbooks-protecte...

> Recipes are usually not protected by copyright due to the idea-expression dichotomy. The idea-expression dichotomy creates a dividing line between ideas, which are not protected by copyright law, and the expression of those ideas, which can be protected by copyright law.

> ...

> Recipes can be protected under copyright law if they are accompanied by “substantial literary expression.” This expression can be an explanation or detailed directions, which is likely why food and recipe bloggers often share stories and personal anecdotes alongside a recipe’s ingredients.



So basically you can copyright your blog which I skipped entirely, but not the actual materials and process, which is all the information of value anyway lol.




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