August 13, 2010 - 7:28pm
an appeal for help!
Hi everyone,
this is a last ditch appeal for help! My girlfriend and I are staying with her parents for the weekend, and we are supposed to bring a cheesecake to a dinner party on Sunday. I wanted to make the cheesecake from Suas advanced bread and pastry, however I forgot to pack the book before leaving home! I was wondering if anyone out there with the textbook would be willing to take the time to write out the formula and proceedure for me an send me in a message. I realize this is not a fun task, but it would be hugely appreciated!
thanks in advance,
Ben
p.s. if someone does message me the recipe, I will post that fact so that others dont waste their time.
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Ben,
I scanned the two page you need - not perfect due to the binding and the book is very thick. I sent you a direct message with the information.
Good luck and I am sure everyone will enjoy the cheesecake.
Ben
Thanks Ben,
you really saved me! Thanks so much for takingn the time out to do that. Also thanks to Alison who typed out the instructions. Between the two of you I should definitely be able pull off this cheesecake. I'll be sure to make a post to let you know how things go.
Thanks again to you both for being so generous with your time!
Ben
Now that you have it, at some point when convenient could you post the recipe? Or forward to me via message if possible? I do not know the book but now my interest is...
Many thanks!!
:) These two already own the book so they can help each other.
I didn't even think of that, of course you are correct. Thank you Mini!
Nick,
Mini is correct concerning copyright - I certainly respect the author and every author's intellectual property. I too did not think through this to this level when I sent Benjamin a scanned copy - I was just trying to make sure his weekend plans went well. I am grateful for Mini's input - not just on this topic but on so many more too.
The book, Advanced Bread and Pastry by Michel Sues, is a definitive work written as a textbook. It is fairly expensive - $79,95 retail - but can be obtained a bit cheaper online (Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Bread-Pastry-Michel-Suas/dp/141801169X). It is expensive for two reasons at least: (1) a lot of work went into writting it, and (2) it contains a lot of information. It is a great reference text and I highly recommend it.
Ben
I agree with mini, generally I don't like to post recipes from books, unless I have significantly modified them and wish to convey those changes to the fresh loaf community. In this case I don't see any harm in two book owners sharing information, but I don't intend to spread that info any further.
Again, thanks to those who came to my rescue... starting the cheesecake now!
ben
Hi all,
So I don't make the same mistake on copyrights:-
I thought there was room to move if you posted which book and author you were using to copy from and gave them due reconigition and respect it overcame most obstacles. Otherwise there could be a bit of copyright infridgment going on this site. However most reciepies being shown from a book on this site are showing this respect anyway. I'm no lawyer it's only my general understanding. Can someone clear this upplease!!
Now here is a stupid question.......Could you rewrite the cheesecake recipe in bakers percentages style where the cream cheese is first expressd as 100% stating that the mix is for a 9 inch mold etc. Now that could be a challenge!!
Cheers all...........Pete.
Hi Pete,
Here's a quote from the United States Copyright Office relating to recipes:
To reproduce a complete formula here verbatim requires the permission of either the author or publisher (the owner of the copyright is published on the first pages in every book). If you don't have that permission, you've violated copyright law.
Now, just the ingredients and amounts can be listed without issue; the copyright violation takes place when the author's directions of what to do with those ingredients are reproduced.
Yes, you are correct that there had been some copyright infringement going on here, but I think that's changed because many people weren't aware of the law and there's been a move to speak up about it, as Mini did. The refusal by all the testers in Norm and Stan's book project to give any information about the formulas is another good example of that awareness.
If you think about it, there's a lot of time, work, testing, and money involved in publishing a cook/bread book. The creators of those works are entitled to be compensated for their efforts.
Posting the modification of formula and/or technique is not a copyright infringement. That's been done here and in most cases, the TFL member graciously cites the author and book, noting his/her recipe was a modification.
If a person doesn't want to purchase a particular book but wants a specific recipe from it, local libraries are a great source and if they don't have the book on the shelf, most libraries have an intra-library policy and will obtain a copy of that section of the book for you - in most cases at no charge. Libraries are allowed a generous fair use policy when it comes to copyright material.
For more reading, check out: Top Ten Copyright Myths
Edited to add that Floyd's site is located in the United States, so U.S. law would apply.
yep, we need a lawyer who likes to bake as well. My (non-legal) opinion:
I don't think that with publishing one recipe out of a cookbook (naming titel and author) you infringe the rights of the publisher and/or author. It can be seen as promoting that book and it is 'reasonable' that you do that by publishing and commenting on a recipe. If you do that every week, with a different recipe, of the same book, that's a differenent story.
Wonder how the first person who ever made Cheesecake (or bread for that matter) looks upon those who followed his/her first creation...and claimed rights to it.
please note that I claim all rights to my starfishbread (just kidding).
Cheers,
Jw.
scoring pattern, I'm afraid I going to infringe on your rights, Jw - will that be a felony?
Always happy about new ideas,
Karin
noop, we are talking misdeanor at most. Ist nur ein Witz hier, aber fuer Herausgeber von Buecher und Schriftsteller eine ernsthafte Sache.
From the looks of your blog, I'll be borrowing a few ideas from you as well..BTW, I live three hours from good old Hamburg.
Gruss,
Jw.
I would not post a unaltered complete recipe from a book, either, I think that would be quite unfair to the author. But my recipes are usually tweaked and changed around, and/or from books never translated into English.
Wo kommst du denn her?
Karin
you cannot claim "copyright" on a recipe or cooking formula. Therefore, you can't really sue anyone for infringing copyright on a recipe and, therefore, it's a bit of a non-issue. (The High Court of Australia, the House of Lords or the US Supreme Court might disagree with me, one day...)
In general, you may copy parts of "copyrighted" works of art under 'fair dealing' if you are not making a profit from it or claiming it as your own work. [Plagiarism, etc...] If you're a teacher, say, you can copy a whole poem (or part of it) from an anthology or a collection of works, to teach students about language or poetry; you could do the same with a song or a recipe or a painting to illustrate or teach certain skills...
It's different, however, if you teach students within a "for-profit" corporation. You may photocopy (within reason) all materials that the company has licensed for the purposes of teaching its CUSTOMERS, but you could cause your company to be sued if you copied materials from your own textbooks at home, that were not licensed to your company...it's fairly rare, but COULD happen
You could (possibly) PATENT a recipe...but it would have to be so different from what everyone else in the world has ever done as to make a patent almost impossible to achieve...
Is this helpful, or too much information?
Cheers,
copyu
PS: Most "recipe law-suits" I know of, involve people ripping-off "signature" dishes of another restaurant...eg: If I, copyu, opened a restaurant, my 'signature dish' would be "copyu's gratin". It's a combination of a bunch of French and Hungarian ways of presenting potatoes. It would be very easy to reverse-engineer it, even if you'd only tasted it once. Even if it made me rich and famous, I'd have a very hard time suing you if you copied it and stole all my customers
PPS: No, I'm not a lawyer and, yes, I graduated Law School ;-) c
I have been rather proud of the way our members have self regulated the posting of work of professional bakers and authors. While TFL is an important resource for aspiring bakers, it is not simply a place to get recipes. Anyone who has been around baking for any time knows that the recipe is a small part of a successful bread. The hands on techniques are easily as important as the formula.
Most of our members will share the ingredients of a unique bread and describe the method they used to bake it. This is well within the respectful bounds of copyright law as it should be. Several prominent authors routinely visit the site and contribute to the conversation when appropriate. I see this as a sign of tacit approval of the way we do business between ourselves.
When I see other bakers trying a new book and talking about the breads here, I'm likely to purchase the book. This discussion on the forum is helpful to the author and publisher. Any one who has read the pages of Bread from Jeff Hamelman will understand how much you would miss if you only had the recipe.
So, I see this as a non issue here. We are respectful and I'm sure we will continue to be so.
Eric
You've hit the nail on the head, Eric—show respect and give credit where it's due...help the real professionals to sell more books...while we all share knowledge to get closer to our own goals. Win-Win!
Best,
copyu