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Most of the content are submitted by users, cooks and some through our recipe finding script.

If you see something that is copyrighted and is not to be shared,
Please immediately contact our legal department so we can either add the rights or remove the content.

PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE EMAIL:

FULL NAME:
WEB ADDRESS:
EMAIL:
TELEPHONE:
Link of where you saw your copyrighted content:
Proof of ownership of the content:
What you would like to do, Remove or Add Copyright info?

Email to our legal department: legal@urecipes.com

Ownership of recipes
Recipes posted to Urecipes - either from the USENET newsgroup rec.food.recipes, or submitted by visitors to the site are listed as being submitted by the individual that submitted the recipe. Urecipes maintains no copyright over these recipes. However, by submitting a recipe to the website (in either method mentioned above), you are giving Urecipes the rights to use the recipes in its websites, mailing lists and in other promotional means. If you wish to have your name removed from a recipe, we will gladly oblige. Please note, we reserve the right to remove a recipe from our archive in the case of corporate trademark or copyright issues. If you have a question about what constitutes copyright infringement, please visit the US Copyright website at www.copyright.gov.

Use of recipes found on the website
You may, for personal use only, copy single recipes from the Urecipes websites. You may not sell or charge for access for any recipes copied from the websites either singly or in collections. You may not copy sections of this website or entire collections of recipes (collections such as this fall under US Copyright Law). This website is copyrighted. You may copy recipes on to your own computer for personal use, but under no circumstances are you allowed to redistribute large quantities in any manner (email, webpages, zip files, print, MasterCook or other software collections, etc).

You may share reasonable numbers of recipes in email or on websites as long as credit is given with the name Urecipes.com and a link (either clickable or text) to the recipe on Urecipes, or a link to our homepage http://www.Urecipes.com.

Examples:

Urecipes.com http://www.Urecipes.com

http://www.Urecipes.com

Urecipes.com

For other means of citing the source, please contact us. If you are interested in using these recipes for commercial purposes, or in a syndicated/partnership format, please feel free to contact us with your ideas.

Visitors are not allowed to knowingly submit copyrighted material to Urecipes. Recipe copyright is a tricky definition. You cannot copyright a list of ingredients - this is considered a scientific formula. You maybe able copyright the prose that accompanies a recipe as long as it is not considered “typical” in describing the procedures required to complete the recipe.

For example, you canNOT copyright the directions to the recipe that say,

“Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix on high with a hand mixer. Pour into pan and bake at 350F for 25 minutes”.

These directions are “typical” in nature. What you may be able to copyright are these directions:

“My mother would combine the ingredients in a large glass bowl that was handed down from her great grandmother. We usually use a mixer today to beat the ingredients, but my mother remembers her mother beating the ingredients endlessly with a wooden spoon until all was mixed…”

While we do not necessarily encourage this, if you are unsure of the copyright status of a recipe you’d like to submit it is best if you put the directions into your own words. This way you can easily incorporate any additional modifications you personally made if you tried the recipe. Recipes submitted this way are much more personal and readers value your input from your experience in making this recipe.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and prohibit users from uploading or otherwise transmitting on the website any materials that violate someone else’s intellectual property rights. When we receive proper notice of an infringement, we promptly remove the allegedly infringing material in accordance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. If you believe that any material on this site infringes upon any copyright which you own or manage, please send us a detailed notification of such infringement. Please note that false claims made to our site may cause you to be liable for damages, including court costs and attorneys fees, if you materially misrepresent that content on our website is infringing on a copyright.

Recipe Disclaimer

Urecipes is not responsible for the outcome of any recipe you try from this, or any website in our network. While we try to review each recipe carefully, you may not always achieve the results desired due to variations in ingredients, cooking temperatures, typos, errors, omissions, or individual cooking abilities. Please always use your best judgement when cooking with raw ingredients such as eggs, chicken or fish.

Copy Cat Recipes

Urecipes does not hold any copyright or trademark, nor claim any ownership, to any copy cat (restaurant or product clone) recipe listed on the website(s). The recipes listed are not the original recipe unless specifically stated and are considered only to be acceptable “clones” to the original for the home cook to attempt to duplicate. Please also note that many nation-wide restaurant chains vary their menus and ingredients by region so the version provided may not be similar to what you may have tried before.

Any trademarked names are used only to identify the recipe and give the restaurant or product named in the recipe a little free publicity.

Urecipes makes no warranty on the availability of this site or its content. Urecipes may, at any time, restrict access to users on an individual or group basis if we deem there to be inappropriate use of this site. Under no circumstances may you attempt to auto-download, or mass-download, content from this site. Using software that attempts to connect to our site and copy large amounts of data is prohibited. We routinely monitor traffic on the site and suspicious or excessive activity will be blocked and reported.

By using this site you agree to these terms of service. Urecipes reserves the right to update this recipe use and TOS policy at any time.

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Welcome to urecipes.com (the “Web site”). Please read this Terms and Conditions of Use Notice (“Notice”) carefully before using the Web site. By viewing or otherwise using this Web site, you agree you are 13 or older and agree to the urecipes privacy policy and to the terms and conditions in this Notice.

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to change, modify, add, or delete portions of this Notice at any time. We will provide notice of such changes only by posting the updated notice on our Web site and changing the “last updated” date listed above. This Notice applies exclusively to your access to, interaction with, and use of, this Web site and does not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you might have with urecipes.com, Inc. (“urecipes”) for products, services, or otherwise. We encourage you to review our Notice each time you visit our site to see if it has been updated since your last visit.

If you have any questions regarding the use of the Web site, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions section within Customer Support. All other questions or comments about the Web site should be directed to info@urecipes.com.
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Privacy Policy
urecipes believes strongly in protecting user privacy. urecipes has therefore adopted a Privacy Policy. Users of this Web site should refer to urecipes’ Privacy Policy, available for viewing here, before providing any information.

Proprietary Rights

I. Copyrights
All Web site materials, including, without limitation, the urecipes logo, design, text, graphics, other files, and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, “Content”) are either ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright © 2008 urecipes.com or are the proprietary property of urecipes’ affiliates or licensors. You may electronically copy and print to hard copy portions of this Web site for the sole purpose of using materials it contains for informational and non-commercial, personal use only, provided you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. Any other use of Content, including any commercial use, reproduction for purposes other than described above, modification, distribution, republication, display, or performance, without the prior written permission of urecipes, is strictly prohibited.

II. Trademarks
“urecipes.com,” “urecipes,” and all other trademarks on this Web site are either trademarks or registered trademarks of urecipes and its licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of urecipes. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of urecipes, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of urecipes. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned on the Web site are the property of their respective owners.

urecipes might have other patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in any Web pages, and any software part of the Web site. Unless we have granted you licenses to our intellectual property in this Notice, our providing you with such Web pages or any software does not give you any license to our intellectual property. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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Hyperlinks
You are granted a limited, nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the homepage or recipe home page of this Web site only, provided such link does not portray urecipes or any of its products and services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise defamatory manner. This limited right may be revoked at any time. You may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any urecipes trademark, logo, or other proprietary information, including the images found at this Web site, the content of any text, or the layout/design of any page or form contained on any page of the Web site, without urecipes’ express written consent. Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, in or under any patent, trademark, copyright, or proprietary right of urecipes or any third party.

Third-Party Content & Services
urecipes may provide hyperlinks to sites such as search engines and content of third parties (“Third-Party Content”) as a service to those interested in this information. urecipes does not monitor nor does urecipes have control over any Third-Party Content. urecipes does not endorse or adopt any Third-Party Content and can make no guarantee as to its accuracy or completeness. urecipes does not warrant the accuracy of any information contained on, and undertakes no responsibility to update or review, any Third-Party Content. Users use these hyperlinks and Third-Party Content contained therein at their own risk.

Submissions
By submitting, disclosing, or offering any recipe, review, photograph, image, video, “favorites” list, comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, and other information, content or material, or other item (each, a “Submitted Item”) to urecipes, either online or offline and whether or not solicited by urecipes, you hereby grant to urecipes an irrevocable, nonexclusive, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right and license to use, display, publicly perform, modify, reproduce, publish, distribute, make derivative works of, sublicense, and otherwise commercially and non-commercially exploit your Submitted Items and all copyright, trade secret, trademark, or other intellectual property rights therein, in any manner or medium now existing or hereafter developed (including but not limited to print, film, or electronic storage devices), without compensation of any kind to you or any third party.

You hereby represent and warrant (a) you have all necessary right, power, and authority to grant the license set forth herein to your Submitted Item, and (b) your Submitted Item does not violate, misappropriate, or infringe any copyright, trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property right of any third party. You will take, at urecipes’ expense, any further action (including, without limitation, execution of affidavits and other documents) reasonably requested by urecipes to effect, perfect, and confirm the license granted to urecipes to your Submitted Item as set forth herein.

Publication or use of any Submitted Items is at the sole discretion of urecipes and urecipes is under no obligation to publish or use any Submitted Item. If your Submitted Item is published, used and/or posted on the Web site or otherwise used by urecipes, we may include your name in conjunction with such publication, posting, or use. By submitting, disclosing, or offering a Submitted Item, you hereby grant urecipes the right to use your name in connection with the publication, use or posting of your Submitted Item. You must include your full name and e-mail address with your Submitted Item so we can contact you if we have any questions about your Submitted Item; however, only your name and not your e-mail address will be published with your Submitted Item.
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User Conduct
This Web site might include discussion forums or other interactive areas, including, but not limited to, bulletin boards, and recipe storage and exchange areas. All such forums and interactive areas shall be used only for non-commercial purposes. You are solely liable for any material you upload or transmit to the discussion forums or interactive areas of this Web site. You agree not to use the Web site to do any of the following:

1. Upload, post, e-mail, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish any message, information, text or other material (“Material”) that we deem to be unlawful, harmful, libelous, tortious, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, indecent, lewd, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
2. Upload or transmit any Material that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national, or international law, including, without limitation, the regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any securities exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ;
3. Upload, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available any Material that might infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
4. Impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
5. Without urecipes’ written permission, distribute, publish, or make available any unsolicited or unauthorized promotions, advertising or solicitations for funds, goods or services, including junk mail, spam, and chain letters;
6. Harm minors in any way; or
7. Upload, post, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available any Material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

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Disclaimer
THIS WEB SITE AND THE CONTENT AVAILABLE ON IT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND YOU AGREE USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND/OR ITS CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. urecipes DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. urecipes DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT MATERIALS ON THIS WEB SITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. urecipes DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THIS WEB SITE OR ITS SERVER(S) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE AND CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

urecipes reserves the right to change any and all Content contained on this Web site at any time without notice. Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, and supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by urecipes.

Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL urecipes OR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEB SITE OR CONTENT CONTAINED ON, OR ACCESSED THROUGH, THIS WEB SITE, EVEN IF urecipes HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so some of the above might not apply to you.
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Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless urecipes and its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, suppliers, and licensors from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to your use of the Web site or any Materials or Submissions you provide, including, but not limited to, any claim by a third party that any Materials or Submissions infringe or violate such third party’s rights or interests.

Removal and Disclosure
We reserve the right to, at our sole discretion, remove, take down, destroy or delete any Material and Submissions at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to Material and Submissions, that we deem inappropriate or which we believe might subject us to any liability. We may access, use and disclose transaction information about your use of our Web site, and any Material and Submissions transmitted by you via or in connection with our Web site, to the extent permitted by law, in order to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena); to initiate, render, bill and collect for our products and services; to protect our rights or property, or to protect users of our Web site from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of our Web site. INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THIS NOTICE OR ANY RELATED POLICY, GUIDELINE OR AGREEMENT, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON YOUR BEHALF, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY YOU.

Applicable Law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Washington, without regard to its choice of law principles to the contrary. You agree any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions shall be filed only in the state and federal courts residing in King County, Washington, and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of this Notice.

Termination
urecipes reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion at any time, to terminate your license to use this Web site, to block or prevent future access to and use of this Web site, and to remove and discard any Material and Submissions.

Severability
If any provision of this Notice shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Notice and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
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Copyright Complaints
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement must be sent to Service Provider’s Designated Agent.

Notification must be submitted to the following Designated Agent:

Service Provider: urecipes

Name of Agent Designated to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement: Sim

Full Address of Designated Agent to Which Notification Should be Sent: PO BOX 560146, College Point, NY 11356-0146

E-Mail Address of Designated Agent: dcma@urecipes.com

To be effective, the notification must be a written communication that includes the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

We may give notice of a claim of copyright infringement to our users by means of a general notice on the Web site, electronic mail to a user’s e-mail address in our records, or by written communication sent by first-class mail to a user’s address in our records. urecipes may, within its sole discretion, terminate authorization of users to its Web site who are repeat infringers.

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