German Chefs Can Claim Copyright Over the Arrangement of Food on Plates

by Siti Zawani @ 21 Aug 2015

There have been stories of chefs who think that people taking photos of their food are "stealing" something -- their culinary soul, perhaps. According to an article in the newspaper Die Welt, it seems that this is not just a matter of opinion in Germany, but established law (translated from German):

In individual cases, shared pictures may be illegal. At worst, a copyright warning notice might come fluttering to the social media user. For carefully-arranged food in a famous restaurant, the cook is regarded as the creator of a work. Before it can be made public on Facebook & Co., permission must first be asked of the master chef.

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German Chefs Can Claim Copyright Over the Arrangement of Food on Plates

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