[mstaoru]

Recipes are not copyrightable, and I'd argue that it's actually beneficial to all of us to exchange recipes freely and allow for commercial reuse. Food is an important and quantifiable part of our lives, and improving it is a collective effort. As I support scientific papers "theft" by Scihub, in the same way I support Buzzfeed propagating good food.

[maxerickson]

That doesn't answer the charge of plagiarism.

[rblatz]

It's videos of people making food on Facebook. It's not an academic article. No one cares, it isn't actionable.

[maxerickson]

Plenty of olds have quaint ideas about giving credit where credit is due.

[enraged_camel]

I think outside of formal settings and in everyday life, it is common courtesy to give credit to people if you use their work or reference their ideas.

[sanj]

It is a video of a cartoon mouse named "Mickey" that only kids watch. It's not an academic article. No one cares, it isn't actionable.

[replicatorblog]

Correct, that is a copyright violation. Based on the links above Tasty's videos are neither plagiarism, which is an offense in academia, but not commerce, nor Copyright, the commercial equivalent, which does not protect recipes.

[maxerickson]

Plagiarism has formal consequences in academia.

Taking credit for the work of others in any context is still plagiarism.

[burkaman]

But do you understand that it's ethically wrong, regardless of whether or not it's illegal or formally defined? At a minimum, it's rude to copy someone's work without thanking them. You shouldn't need a higher authority to tell you this is wrong.

[zaroth]

I'm not sure it's ethically wrong to take something in the public domain which holds no license or copyright whatsoever, and use it without attribution.

If snippets of the video were direct cuts from another show, that's a different story. But making a dish yourself and filming it is your own creation, I don't see why you have to thank anyone for it.

[eridius]

Providing proper attribution does not in any way prevent you from exchanging recipes freely.

[mstaoru]

Well, as Sci-hub doesn't push links to Elsevier in every paper they obtain, you shouldn't expect BuzzFeed attributing food blogs. However, I do not defend BuzzFeed's actions, and it would probably be better off for everyone if they contacted SeriousEats up front for a bit of exclusive content. But as an amateur chef and nutrition enthusiast, I'm all happy when interesting recipes get pushed beyond their original websites even in this sloppy manner.

[eridius]

I just gotta say, that's a really weird analogy to make.

[Veratyr]

The ingredient list isn't copyrightable but other parts of the recipe (like images or explanations of how/why to do things) are: https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html

Is BuzzFeed copying those parts or replacing them with its own?

Also, related, it appears you can patent a recipe: https://www.uspto.gov/custom-page/inventors-eye-advice-1, though it wouldn't help much here.