For rights holders
Copyright complaint
Use this form only if you are the author or publisher of the original recipe, or act for them with written authority. If you simply think a recipe looks copied, say so in your WOM rating instead.
What you must provide
- Your identity, contact email, and your authority to act for the rights holder.
- The address of the recipe on Word of Mouth.
- The original: book title, author, publisher, ISBN, year and page numbers, or the address of the original web page.
- At least two evidence links, such as scans of the book pages or archived web pages, set against the copy.
- What exactly was copied. It must be the written method, the story or the photos: a list of ingredients on its own is usually not protected.
- A signed statement that the information is accurate and that you may be liable for false claims.
What happens next
We check that the notice is complete and substantiated and pass it, including your name, to the creator. If it is, we take the recipe down. Word of Mouth does not refund buyers, does not decide who is right and takes no part in any legal action: the creator is solely responsible for what they publish, and any claim is between you and them. We may ask for the original documents.