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[Mynameisluka]

Really? I thought I was pretty clear and covered my bases by specifically using the words copyright and patent. Now, perhaps the entire thread might be getting a bit confused from the get-go, but I thought my post was pretty well defined. The link you've provided only further substantiates what I was trying to convey. Copyrights are for things like literature, logos and publications. The provisions of copyrights for a recipe only extend to the printing/republication, as shown in your link. It doesn't prevent anyone from brewing your recipe or even making a profit from it. I stand by my story, you can't copyright a recipe. You can only patent the process.

well, you said "You can only copyright a specific or unique process involved in the preparation of your product". you can't copyright a process. you patent a process. you may have intended to be clear with the words "copyright" and "patent", but it didn't come out that way.also, the link that i provided says "However, when a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions, or when there is a combination of recipes, as in a cookbook, there may be a basis for copyright protection."if the recipes prepared by the op fit the criteria of "accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions", which a beer brewing recipe could easily do, there may be basis for copyright protection.however, having said all of that, i am not sure what a copyright would really do anyway. it would really do nothing more than prevent the purchaser of the recipe from redistributing the recipe.

[SnailPowered]

IIRC the part that you are copyrighting is the part that tells you when to put different hops in, how long to boil, etc. The amounts are fair game and not able to copyrighted. This is all from another post that I read somewhere about this same subject. I have yet to brew beer numero uno so I have definitely never looked into selling a recipe but that is how I recall it from the post I read. Hope this helps! Good luck on selling your brews!

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

IIRC the part that you are copyrighting is the part that tells you when to put different hops in, how long to boil, etc. The amounts are fair game and not able to copyrighted. This is all from another post that I read somewhere about this same subject. I have yet to brew beer numero uno so I have definitely never looked into selling a recipe but that is how I recall it from the post I read. Hope this helps! Good luck on selling your brews!

Copyright protects an original piece of work, not the information contained in it so you I don't think you can "copyright" a recipe. If you could do anything it would be getting it patented but even this I don't think would fly. The best you can do is keep it a secret so no one else knows and make anyone you share it with sign an NDA.

[albertv05]

Hey guys,I can't thank you for all of your advice and opinions on this topic. It really helped me make a decision. It was kind of a bummer to learn that I can't really have control of the recipe after it's released but it makes perfect sense. Oh well. The plan was to never quit my day-job and I'm doing this more for fun than for profit. Just a little extra cash to be made to fund my brewing hobbies :PThanks again!Alan