November 27, 2020 03:58 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/27/cheesemaking-youtuber-threatened-with-legal-action-by-grana-padano-after-showing-people-how-to-make-similar-cheese.h
Cheesemaking YouTuber threatened with legal action by Grana Padano after showing people how to make similar cheese
Gavin Webber, a cheesemaking YouTuber, was threatened with legal action after posting a video of him making a Grana Padano-style cheese. The ingredients and methods of recipes are not copyrightable, but the Grana Padano consortium claims that mentioning the name (which refers to a "protected designation of origin") breaks the law, even though he was clear that what he was making was not, in fact, Grana Padano cheese or cheese from Grana Padano. — Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/27/cheesemaking-youtuber-threatened-with-legal-action-by-grana-padano-after-showing-people-how-to-make-similar-cheese.h
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