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AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says In Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
~~Food and flavors aren't copyrightable or patentable because of an explicit exclusion of them. It has nothing to do with "determinism".~~
No. Recipes are not copyrightable because they're largely functional things for instructing a process to create a food, which simply is not in the purview of copyright. Specific recipes could very well be patented, depending on the specifics. There are no "explicit exclusions" here.
I did some research, and you're right. I guess I was mislead years ago when I "learned" this.
And still the list of ingredients and food preparation process will not be copyrighted, just the way the specific recipe is written. Anyone could write a simple rephrased version of that recipe which creates the same dish and sell it. Or sell the dish in their restaurant.