Interesting bit of plagiarism

[sylvia]

I'm organizing an event around the Julie & Julia movie with some fellow foodies. We're going to see the movie and then come back to my place for dinner; each of the participants is making a dish from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. One of the participants does not own a copy of the cookbook and is an insecure cook so I found an easy recipe for her to prepare. To save typing out the recipe I checked for it on line and found it.....word for word......but not credited to Julia Child. Instead Julia Reed gets the nod.http://blog.nola.com/recipes/2007/07/julia_reeds_amusegueule_au_roq.html

 

[desertjean]

It may be more omission than plagiarism. The Times says

"Writer Julia Reed made these assertive little appetizer balls for a 2007 Tales of the Cocktail panel. Because the cheese was strong, she increased the cognac to one tablespoon "and a few glugs more.""

Sounds like the author of the recipe was accidentally omitted by the poster, Judy Walker. (I'd like to believe it was unintentional.)

 

[charlie]

Isn't it true that as soon as you change any ingredient or amount that you don't have to credit the.

the original author?

 

[desertjean]

The courts have upheld that the ingredients aren't copyrighted but

but you can violate the copyright if you don't change the wording of the directions.

In the case Sylvia pointed out, it's verbatim from Julia.

 

[sylvia]

If you check Mastering........the recipe in the article is word for word what's in the book.

The mention of adding more cognac only appears in the forward. Anyway, I thought it was funny that someone else would take credit for the recipe.

 

[charlie]

Oh, I see. It's the directions and not the ingredients that have to be changed.